However, Battisti has just been given the status of political refugee by Brazilian Minister of Justice Tarso Genro, after his initial request for asylum was denied by the National Committee for Refugees, on the grounds that Battisti had been convicted in his absence and on the basis of allegedly unreliable evidence.
Sin embargo, a Battisti le ha sido dado el estatus de refugiado político por el Ministro de Justicia brasileño Tarso Genro, luego que su pedido inicial por asilo fuera negado por el Comité Nacional para Refugiados, a razón que Battisti fue condenado en su ausencia y sobre la base de evidencia supuestamente no confiable.