US treasury lifts sanctions on Brazilian judge who presided over Bolsonaro case
by Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#724J9)
Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his wife had been under Global Magnitsky sanctions after conviction of ex-president
The US Department of the Treasury has lifted sanctions imposed on the Brazilian supreme court justice who oversaw the conviction of the former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes had been under Global Magnitsky sanctions, which target individuals accused of human rights abuses, since July. His wife Viviane Barci de Moraes - who was added the sanctions list in September - was also removed from the register on Friday.
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