BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Commission for Human Rights and Minorities of the lower house of Brazil’s Congress has banned the presence of outsiders from its sessions to keep out protesters demanding the resignation of its president, evangelical pastor Marco Feliciano.

The decision to hold closed sessions was taken Wednesday night.

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