Bolsonaro should be charged with crimes against humanity, Covid inquiry finds
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from on (#5QY6F)
Brazilian president savaged for macabre' and slovenly' response to pandemic and deliberate neglect' of Indigenous people
Jair Bolsonaro should be charged with crimes against humanity and jailed for his macabre" reaction to a Covid outbreak that has killed more than 600,000 Brazilians, including a disproportionate number of Indigenous citizens, a congressional inquiry has found.
Two of the most dramatic accusations against the Brazilian president - murder and genocide of the country's Indigenous populations - were removed from a previous draft of the report on Tuesday night after talks between opposition senators serving on the inquiry.
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