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Brazil ex-Prez Bolsonaro allowed to serve jail term in house arrest
short by Soheib Ahsan / on Saturday, 4 July, 2026
Brazil's Supreme Court Justice ruled on Friday that former President Jair Bolsonaro can remain under house arrest instead of prison due to health concerns. Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year prison sentence since November for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election. The 71-year-old was shifted from prison to a private clinic after being diagnosed with pneumonia earlier this year.
read more at Reuters