US EditionSingle Gesture Could Land Tourist, 29, In Prison For Years Under Anti-Racism Laws
The 29-year-old lawyer paid about $18,500 in bail after a court ruled her detention was an undue restriction on liberty.
- On Wednesday, Argentine lawyer Agostina Páez returned to Argentina after posting bail of around $20,000, following a habeas corpus petition granted by the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice.
- Brazilian authorities arrested Páez in January following a viral video showing her making monkey-like gestures during a confrontation at a bar, leading to charges of injúria racial carrying potential sentences of up to 15 years.
- After Páez apologized, her lawyer Carla Junqueira stated prosecutors agreed to lower the potential sentence to two years, allowing community service and compensation; the prosecutor noted Páez "grasped what racism means to Brazil."
- The court removed Páez's electronic ankle monitor and returned her passport upon bail payment, though she remains a formal defendant in Brazil and must comply with ongoing judicial requirements.
- Racism has been classified as a crime in the Brazilian Constitution since 1988, though prosecutions remain rare; observers view this case as a sign of the legal system's effectiveness in defending marginalized groups.
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Single Gesture Could Land Tourist, 29, In Prison For Years Under Anti-Racism Laws
A 29-year-old Argentine lawyer is facing legal consequences after making a racist gesture toward bar employees. Agostina Páez was seen in a video recorded at a bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in January mimicking a monkey and making monkey-like sounds as she left the establishment following an alleged confrontation with staff. After the clip went viral on social media, Páez was arrested and charged with injúria racial (“racial defamation”), a cri…
Attorney Agostina Páez landed yesterday in the city of Buenos Aires, after facing charges of racial insult in Rio de Janeiro and whose judicial process will continue in national territory. The flight from Brazilian territory arrived at 19.10 to Aeroparque and her arrival marks the end of a stage of legal restrictions outside her home. Páez walked through the air terminal with her father, Mariano Páez, his lawyers, Carla Junqueira and Sebastián R…
The Argentine lawyer Agostina Páez — filmed making racist gestures, imitating a macaco, in a bar in Ipanema in January of this year — returned to his country of origin on the night of this Thursday, after two months of electronic monitoring, since he responded to the process by racial injury in the Flemish Justice. The trip was only possible because the electronic tournament she used was withdrawn on the previous day, after payment of R$ 97.2 bi…
The one against Agostina Páez, an Argentine tourist accused of uttering racist insults while on vacation in Rio de Janeiro
He arrived this Wednesday afternoon to Aeroparque Jorge Newbery with his father Mariano and his lawyers, and on Thursday he will travel to his native Santiago del Estero.He had to pay a bail of 18,500 dollars and now he will have to fulfill community tasks in our country.
The Santiagueña lawyer will wait in the country for the final judgment of the Brazilian justice, after having paid a bail of 20 thousand dollars.
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