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Bolsonaro is accused of crimes against humanity for his management of the pandemic, which caused over 600.000 deaths in Brazil, the highest death toll in the world after the US. The Brazilian Senate investigative committee approved the final report, which includes – in addition to the crimes against humanity – eight additional serious crimes:
_violation of sanitary measures
_charlatanism
_incitement to crime
_epidemic resulting in death
_falsification of documents
_misuse of public funds
_prevarication
_offence to the dignity of office.
On the same day, Bolsonaro defended volleyball player Mauricio Sousa, who was fired from his club over a homophobic post, ironically stating: “Today everything is homophobia, everything is feminism”.
°afternoon_ In Italy, the Senate blocked, by secret vote, the Zan bill, which aims at the recognition of the crime of homo/lesbo/bi/transphobia. When the result of the vote was announced, the centre-right deputies applauded and cheered from the benches.