Brazil court cites 1968 AI-5 decree to exonerate teachers fired under military rule

A São Paulo state court has used the 1968 Institutional Act No. 5 (AI-5) as legal basis to overturn the dismissals of three teachers from the state network, a rare judicial application of the authoritarian decree. One teacher died before reinstatement, and the ruling may set precedent for other cases. This marks a notable legal reckoning with Brazil's military-era injustices.