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The US State Department says that Brazil generally respected the Constitution, which prohibits arbitrary arrests and arrests and provides for the right of persons to contest the legality of their arrest or detention in court. “However, political figures and human rights groups claimed that the government maintained hundreds of individuals accused of participation in protests that led to the invasion of government buildings on January 8, 2023, detained for several months without charges. They also claimed that these protesters had access to legal assistance.” The context is the attempted coup d’état that
