Overview
- STF relator Alexandre de Moraes on Friday, July 17 kept Jair Bolsonaro in prison domiciliary but suspended most visits for 30 days, allowing only doctors, physiotherapists and lawyers to enter.
- The judge banned any visit with a political or electoral purpose until the end of the 2026 elections and prohibited the publication of political manifestos by Bolsonaro or through third parties.
- The measures follow the July 11 public reading by Senator Flávio Bolsonaro of a handwritten 'Carta aos brasileiros', which Moraes found had a political-electoral aim and already prompted a 90-day suspension of Flávio’s visits.
- The Prosecutor‑General Paulo Gonet urged keeping the domiciliary for health reasons while asking clearer limits on political contact, and Moraes denied a planned visit request from Argentine President Javier Milei while warning that further breaches could return Bolsonaro to closed prison.
- Bolsonaro is serving a definitive 27‑year, three‑month sentence that suspended his political rights and has been under stepped restrictions since 2025; the new limits heighten tensions ahead of the PL convention on July 25 and deepen an international dimension to the case.