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Posted by David McCoy The National Truth Commission has made available the testimonies of Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, a convicted torturer in the Doi-Codi facility in São Paulo; Gilberto Natalini, a senator from São Paulo who was tortured by Ustra; … Continue reading
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Tagged Carlos Albero Brilhante Ustra, DOI-CODI, DOPS, President Goulart, PUC-SP
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National Truth Commissioner Rosa Cardoso has been quoted as stating that human rights violators from Brazil’s military dictatorship could be tried by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. President Dilma Rousseff has extended National Truth Commission’s deadline for completing its … Continue reading
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Colonel Ustra Charged in New Case for Hiding a Torture Victim’s Body in 1972
On April 29th, the Federal Public Minister in São Paulo presented charges against retired Colonel Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra for hiding the body of a 27-year-old medical school student, Hiohaki Torigoe, who had allegedly been imprisoned and tortured in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amnesty Law, Carlos Albero Brilhante Ustra, Hiohaki Torigoe, legal cases, trials
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Various Articles Discuss the Commission’s Progress at the Half-way Point of its Mandate
Posted by David McCoy The National Truth Commission is approaching the halfway point of its two-year mandate, and several articles have been published recently assessing the effectiveness of the truth commission at this point, including an interview with the current … Continue reading
Recovered Documents Show Murder and Torture of Indigenous Groups during Dictatorship
Posted by David McCoy One of the most significant documents produced during the military regime has been recovered 45 years after its creation and after supposedly having been destroyed in a fire during the dictatorship. The 7,000 page document known … Continue reading
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Posted by David McCoy The Public Archive of the State of São Paulo recently announced that it will make public an impressive number of documents that were created by state institutions of repression during the military regime, as well as … Continue reading
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Posted by David McCoy The Minister of Justice will coordinate an effort to centralize the millions of documents produced during the military regime that, as of now, are held in the archives of various ministries in Brazil. While it has … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, Argentina, DOI-CODI, DOPS, Fiesp, Minister of Justice, operation CONDOR, Vladimir Herzog
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Posted by David McCoy A small bomb exploded yesterday in the downtown headquarters of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro (OAB-RJ) with no injuries. The former president of the OAB-RJ, Wadih Damous, said he has received a message claiming that … Continue reading
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Posted by David McCoy The Amnesty Law of 1979 was recently referenced in a story involving the The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) and its power to control judicial outcomes in Brazil. Brazilian politicians who were convicted by the Supreme Federal … Continue reading
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Posted by David McCoy A story in the Folha de São Paulo examines textbooks from military schools in Brazil to highlight some of their key departures from the generally accepted understanding of Brazilian history. One notable example describes the “revolution … Continue reading
