Jean Wyllys was a gay congressman from PSOL – the first open homosexual and proud fighter for LGBTIQ rights in the National Congress – who has left his job and also the country this week because of consecutive death threats. We know how important it is to stand up for his life right now. At this moment, Jean has been the target of a flood of fake news from far-right groups trying to link his exile with an alleged involvement in the assassination attempt of President Jair Bolsonaro in September last year.
As this is a very urgent situation, Brazilian activists would like to count on your support. We already have a lot of national support (more than 230 signatures of individuals and organisations) and now we are looking for signatures of parties, NGOs, movements, orgnaizations, intelectuals, leaders, MP’s and public figures of other countries. If you can send support from your parties, movements, leaders and organizations by as soon as possible, it would be very important
International solidarity was very important in pressing the authorities to act in the case of Marielle Franco’s murder and now the threats against Jean must also be taken seriously. [R.C.]
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