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In Contemporary Judicial Slavery in Brazil, Eduardo Moreth Loquez contends that Brazil faces a new form of domination: not through military force, but via arbitrary judicial decisions, distorted constitutional interpretations, and the criminalization of dissent - all cloaked in legality. The book's central claim is that the traditional system of checks and balances has broken down, enabling unprecedented concentration of power and exceptional procedures that normalize prior censorship and prolonged preventive detention. Through detailed chapters, Loquez analyzes: Paradigmatic cases (e.g., the January 8 proceedings), showing mass criminalization and disproportionate sentences based on expansive readings of ""threat to the democratic rule of law,"" ""coup d'état,"" and related offenses. Individual cases illustrating political selectivity and the erosion of due process. Quantitative patterns consistent with organized persecution: concentration of politically sensitive cases, selective procedure, and penalty disproportionality. Moreth documents scale and method: more than 2,000 investigated and 898 already held responsible, alongside months-long preventive detentions and a documented case of institutionalized torture - evidence of a systematic attack on civil population compatible with international definitions of crimes against humanity. The second half turns to solutions. When domestic remedies fail, the book proposes external pressure using existing legal tools: Global Magnitsky targeted sanctions; International Criminal Court action under the Rome Statute; and strategic cases in the Inter-American system. Part diagnosis, part roadmap, this work invites jurists, journalists, policymakers, and citizens to defend the rule of law with evidence and due process - and to convert international concern into concrete action.

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