Brazil's authoritarian and now-sanctioned judge, Alexandre de Moreas, today ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro imprisoned at home (even though he hasn't been convicted).

He also barred Bolsonaro from: being interviewed, speaking at rallies, and speaking with his own son:

Much of this is just Moraes purposely provoking the US Government after he was sanctioned by cracking down on basic due process and free speech rights even further.

But he also just frequently bans people from speaking, or imprisons them, if they speak critically of him.

"PRESS STATEMENT – BOLSONARO ARREST (08/04/25)
I received with sadness, as a son—but not with surprise—the news of my father Jair Bolsonaro's house arrest. Since we laid out our plans to restore freedom in Brazil, we’ve always been certain of one thing: Alexandre de Moraes is an unhinged psychopath who would never hesitate to double down.

After being sanctioned as the human rights violator he is—on the very next day after a massive crowd took to the streets of Brazil against him, and on the same day when new Vaza-Toga leaks exposed the rot in his office—he reacted in the only way he knows: by doubling down with an authoritarian smokescreen.

These actions only make us stronger. Alexandre de Moraes is now an officially sanctioned human rights violator, and we will remain unshaken. The other side is running out of chips, and the chances to stop this madness are slipping away. Let the system understand this before it’s too late.

God bless Brazil. And God bless America.
Eduardo Bolsonaro
Federal Congressman in Exile
Son of Former President Jair Bolsonaro"