Camila Jourdan

Camila Jourdan (born 1980) is a Brazilian philosopher, anarchist activist, and university professor. 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.

Biography

Youth and education Camila Aparecida Rodrigues Jourdan was born in 1980 and is originally from the northern part of Rio de Janeiro. and her doctoral thesis was called "Impredicativity, Generality and the Development of Wittgenstein's Thought". After finding fireworks and other items there, and finding messages referring to pencils, she was accused of planning to create Molotov cocktails and subsequently arrested. After being imprisoned for 12 days at Bangu prison during the protests, she was quickly released pending her trial. Facing these accusations, she received significant support from the Brazilian academic community, which mobilized to defend her and expressed concern about the implications for the political opinions of Brazilian scholars.

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