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		</div><p>Thousands of supporters, many chanting Free Lula!, have protested outside the jail where former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is being held on the anniversary of his incarceration.</p>
<p>But many other Brazilians have chosen the day to celebrate the country’s crackdown on corruption, with demonstrations across the country.</p>
<p>Da Silva is serving a 12-year sentence for corruption and money laundering.</p>
<p>He and his Workers’ Party maintain he is innocent and say he was persecuted by the judiciary and political enemies in order to prevent him from running for president again.</p>
<p><em>“Lula has been kidnapped by the bourgeoisie,”</em> Joao Pedro Stedile, a leader from the far-left Landless Workers Movement, told the protesters.</p>
<p><em>“The ransom is for us to stop fighting.</em></p>
<p><em>“They want to bring the Brazilian people to their knees.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Stedile then led the crowds in a pledge to the ex-leader, instructing them to turn toward da Silva’s cell window.</p>
<p><em>“I promise to not rest one day, to do grassroots organising, to spread the word to the people, until Lula is free,”</em> the crowds repeated with their left arms raised in a fist.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, on the promenade of Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, anti-corruption protests cheered Lula’s continued incarceration.</p>
<p><em>“Today marks one whole year that Lula hasn’t stolen!”</em> a protester screamed from the top of a sound car while the crowds applauded.</p>
<p>Da Silva is the most prominent figure jailed in an anti-corruption investigation called Operation Carwash that has snared dozens of prominent politicians and business figures.</p>
<p>The anti-corruption protesters were also demanding the continued crackdown on “old politicians”, calling for the arrest of other corrupt politicians and applauding the judiciary that is going after them.</p>
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