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State Violence, Torture, and Political Prisoners: On the Role Played by Amnesty International in Brazil During the Dictatorship (1964–1985) book cover

1st Edition

State Violence, Torture, and Political Prisoners On the Role Played by Amnesty International in Brazil During the Dictatorship (1964–1985)

By Renata Meirelles Copyright 2020
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge
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State Violence, Torture, and Political Prisoners discusses the activities of Amnesty International during the period of Brazil’s dictatorship (1964–1985). During the dictatorship, Amnesty assisted political prisoners who were submitted to torture and helped to publicise charges of torture against agents of the military regime’s repressive apparatus. Through a specific examination of Amnesty’s... Read more

List of figures



List of tables



Acknowledgements



List of abbreviations



Introduction



1 Amnesty International in the 1960s: the origins and history of the Cold War Organisation



2 The Brazilian dictatorship and state violence



3 Amnesty’s work regarding the Brazilian dictatorship



Conclusion



Index

Biography

Renata Meirelles is an historian and researcher from Brazil. Since March 2018, she has taught Theory of History at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). She has a PhD in history (2016) and a master’s degree in history (2008). During her PhD, she developed part of her research abroad at King’s College London and L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Her research focusses on human rights, international relations, and civil society resistance to state violence.

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