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Enforcement 🇧🇷 Brazil

Brazilian police jail the band Planet Hemp for its songs

The members of the band were arrested at a concert in Brasília on suspicion of apologia, the offence of advocating drug use. They spent five days in jail before habeas corpus was granted. Fans, musicians, politicians and the press protested, and the band's records sold out.[1]

In the cultural atlas

Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Brazil here.

References

  1. Wikipedia (Portuguese) — Planet Hemparchived

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