US EditionBrazil Supreme Court rejects Bolsonaro request for house arrest
Supreme Court ruled Bolsonaro's health has improved after surgeries and denied his lawyers' request to serve his 27-year sentence at home, requiring return to federal prison.
- 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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Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro has been sent back to prison after a week's hospitalization.
Brazil's ex-president has to go back to prison despite health problems. The Supreme Court refused to convert his 27-year sentence into house arrest.
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BloombergBolsonaro leaves hospital and returns to prison, CNN Brazil says
Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was discharged from a hospital in Brasilia and returned to prison on Thursday, according to CNN Brazil, more than a week after he was admitted to be treated for a bout of persistent hiccups. Read more...
Brazil's Supreme Court has rejected Jair Bolsonaro's request to convert his prison sentence into house arrest. After an operation for chronic hiccups, the ex-president returns to his cell.
Bolsonaro leaves hospital, goes back to Police HQs
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left Brasilia's DF Star Hospital late Thursday afternoon and was transferred back to the Federal Police's detention facility, where he is serving his 27-year prison sentence for masterminding the Jan 8, 2023, coup attempt.
The former president, operated for a hernia, still suffers from persistent hiccups (ANSA)
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