Brazil court orders government to provide transportation for Indigenous voters in Sunday’s runoff
- SAO PAULO -- A federal court in Para state ordered Brazil’s government Thursday to ensure Indigenous people nationwide can vote in Sunday’s presidential runoff.
- “Geographic distance, combined with a lack of accessible transportation, can make a formally recognized right impossible to exercise in practice,” the ruling said.
- The ruling granted a request filed Wednesday by federal prosecutors, who sought free transportation by river, land or air, as well as funding for food, interpreters, cultural facilitators and signs in Indigenous languages at polling places.
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- SAO PAULO -- A federal court in Para state ordered Brazil’s government Thursday to ensure Indigenous people nationwide can vote in Sunday’s presidential runoff.
- “Geographic distance, combined with a lack of accessible transportation, can make a formally recognized right impossible to exercise in practice,” the ruling said.
- The ruling granted a request filed Wednesday by federal prosecutors, who sought free transportation by river, land or air, as well as funding for food, interpreters, cultural facilitators and signs in Indigenous languages at polling places.
Sources: ABC News