Camila Jourdan

A specialist in the thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein and a teacher at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), she is also known for being the target of a flawed prosecution by Brazilian authorities for her participation in the 2014 protests in Brazil, where she was accused by the country's security forces of preparing and making Molotov cocktails.

Initially sentenced to six years in prison, she was ultimately fully acquitted in 2024 by the Supreme Federal Court.

Camila Aparecida Rodrigues Jourdan[1] was born in 1980[2] and is originally from the northern part of Rio de Janeiro.

[2] In 2014, during the protests that shook Brazil in opposition to the hosting of the FIFA World Cup, in which she was actively involved, she was targeted by Brazilian security forces and portrayed as one of the leaders of the social movement.

[4] The indictment was weak and even included individuals such as Mikhail Bakunin, one of the founding thinkers of anarchism, who died in 1876.