Brazil president threatens crackdown on ‘terrorist’ anti-racism, pro-democracy protesters

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News ID: 46394
Publish Date: 8:08 - 06 June 2020
Tehran, 06 June_Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday called Black Lives Matter activists and people taking part in pro-democracy rallies "pot-user terrorists" and "delinquents", saying he had asked security forces to act if demonstrations expected on Sunday exceed limits.

Brazil president threatens crackdown on ‘terrorist’ anti-racism, pro-democracy protesters"Generally, they are marginalized people, terrorists, pot-users, unemployed people who do not know what the economy is about. They don't know what it's like to work to earn their daily bread,” the Brazilian president said.

The far-right president called on security forces to act swiftly "if by any chance those delinquents go beyond the limits of the law."

Representatives of the National Guard and the Federal District met on Friday to discuss security in Brasilia ahead of the weekend protests. A person familiar with the matter said it had not yet been decided whether federal forces would be deployed in the country's capital.

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