US EditionBrazil’s Federal Police Accuse Former Human Rights Minister of Sexual Misconduct
Brazil's federal police formally accused Silvio Almeida of sexual misconduct after complaints via MeToo Brazil, with prosecutors deciding on charges and the Supreme Court on trial acceptance.
- On Saturday, Brazil's federal police formally accused Silvio Almeida, former federal human rights minister under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of sexual misconduct.
- Lula fired Almeida last September after MeToo Brazil said it had received complaints of sexual misconduct and Isabel Rodrigues, a professor in Sao Paulo state, publicly accused Almeida last year.
- Prosecutors will now decide whether to press charges, which if accepted could send the case to Brazil's Supreme Court and a trial, while Silvio Almeida has denied wrongdoing and stayed silent since.
- The accusations have been a political blow to Lula's government, and the press named Anielle Franco, minister for racial equality, as an alleged victim who saluted Lula's decision.
- Violence against women has increased in Brazil, with a 2025 report by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety finding over one in three women faced gender-based violence yearly.
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Hartford Courant
By ELÉONORE HUGHES RÍO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian federal police formally accused Silvio Almeida, former human rights minister of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of inappropriate sexual conduct after he was fired on charges last year, reported a police officer. The official spoke on Saturday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly disclose information about the case. Prosecutors will now decide whether to pr…
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Lula’s former human rights minister formally accused of sexual misconduct
Brazil’s federal police have formally accused former human rights minister Silvio Almeida of sexual misconduct. Almeida was fired last year over these allegations.
Brazilian Silvio Almeida, removed from his post as minister 14 months ago, when the first anonymous accusations against him were made, has been formally accused by the police of sexually harassing several women. Although the case remains under summary secrecy, among the alleged victims is Minister of Racial Equality Marielle Franco. Press reports point out that Almeida came to touch him during a ministerial meeting in the presence of the head of…
Former Brazilian Human Rights Minister Accused of Sexual Misconduct
The Federal Police (PF) indicated, on Saturday (14) the former Minister of Human Rights of the government Lula Silvio Almeida for the crime of sexual importation. The crime consists of “acting against someone and without his announcement of libidinous action with the aim of satisfying his or her own lascivious or third party”, according to the Criminal Code. The penalty provides for the imprisonment of one to five years, “if the act does not con…
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