Commentary
The world needs to know that Brazil today has more than 1,000 political prisoners who face harsher sentences than those of rapists, drug traffickers, and murderers.
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Opinion
Political Prisoner of Brazil’s Jan. 8 Protest Dies
Arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, businessman Clérison Pereira da Cunha died for the same reason.
Security forces arrest rioters after retaking control of Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia on Jan. 8, 2023. Ton Molina/AFP via Getty Images
Augusto Zimmermann
Ph.D.
Augusto Zimmermann, PhD, LLD, is a professor and head of law at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education in Perth. He is also president of the Western Australian Legal Theory Association and served as a commissioner with the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia from 2012 to 2017. Mr. Zimmermann has authored numerous books, including “Western Legal Theory: History, Concepts and Perspectives" and “Foundations of the Australian Legal System: History, Theory, and Practice.”
