Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has appealed against his 27-year prison sentence for attempted coup.

Jair Bolsonaro, the former far-right Brazilian president, was sentenced to 27 years in prison on September 11, having been found guilty of leading a "criminal organization" that conspired to maintain his power after his defeat in the 2022 presidential elections. His lawyers announced that they would appeal, including at the international level, to correct the "ambiguities, omissions, contradictions, and obscurities" in the Supreme Court's ruling.

For now, Bolsonaro is under house arrest and will only be incarcerated after exhausting all appeals. The judge handling the case imposed this measure due to his violation of a court ruling that prohibited him from expressing himself on social media.