US EditionBrazil Supreme Court rejects Bolsonaro request for house arrest
The Supreme Court found no evidence of health deterioration and upheld Bolsonaro's 27-year sentence for plotting a coup; he will return to federal prison in Brasilia.
- On Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, Brazil's Supreme Court rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro's petition to serve his sentence under humanitarian house arrest, the ruling showed.
- Bolsonaro's lawyers filed the petition on Wednesday, citing a "real risk of a sudden worsening" after he was hospitalised for eight days for hernia surgery and hiccup treatments.
- Judge Alexandre de Moraes wrote that Bolsonaro's health shows clinical improvement, he destroyed an electronic ankle bracelet in an apparent escape attempt, and already has round-the-clock medical care in custody.
- Discharged from hospital, Bolsonaro will be escorted back to the Federal Police Superintendence headquarters, Brasilia, where he will occupy his 12-square-meter cell; his doctors expected discharge on Thursday.
- Convicted in September, Bolsonaro was found guilty on five counts including attempted coup, while Senator Flávio Bolsonaro was named the party's presidential candidate last month.
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During his hospitalization, he underwent additional procedures to treat persistent hiccups that had caused complications.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro received medical discharge on Thursday, New Year, and left the hospital in Brasilia where he entered on Christmas Eve and has returned to the police station where he has been imprisoned since November for leading a coup plot. The extreme right-wing politician has been interned for eight days during which he has been subjected to a surgical intervention scheduled to treat a bilateral inguinal hernia and t…
Bolsonaro leaves hospital and returns to prison after being denied house arrest
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been discharged from hospital in Brasília and taken back into custody, a week after undergoing double hernia surgery, as he continues to serve a prison sentence for leading an attempted coup.
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