Torture in Brazil : : A Shocking Report on the Pervasive Use of Torture by Brazilian Military Governments, 1964-1979, Secretly Prepared by the Archiodese of São Paulo / / Brazil Archdiocese of São Paulo; ed. by Joan Dassin.
From 1964 until 1985, Brazil was ruled by a military regime that sanctioned the systematic use of torture in dealing with its political opponents. The catalog of what went on during that grim period was originally published in Portuguese as Brasil: Nunca Mais (Brazil: Never Again) in 1985. The volum...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2022] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface to the New Edition
- Foreword by the Fonner General Secretary of the World Council of Churches
- Preface by the Metropolitan Archbishcop of Sao Paulo
- TORTURE IN BRAZIL
- Introduction to the Brazilian Edition
- PART I: Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Punishment
- PART II: The Repressive System
- PART III: Against Everything and Everybody
- PART IV: Distortion of the Law
- PART V: "This Is Where Hell Is... "
- NOTES
- APPENDICES
- About the Translator and Editor