The attorneys of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva filed today (04/03), an appeal against the decision rendered by the Small Criminal Claims Court of the Judicial District of São Paulo that summary acquitted journalist Joice Hasselmann. She was charged with defamation due to declarations expressly offensive to the former President’s dignity made on a video posted on the internet on 10/04/2015, entitled “A dupla que roubou o futuro do Brasil” [freely translated as ‘The couple that stole Brazil’s future’].