Brazil president to receive apologies for human rights abuses she suffered
Source: Associated Press
Brazil president to receive apologies for human rights abuses she suffered
By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, May 18, 1:23 PM
SAO PAULO — The Rio de Janeiro state government said Friday it will apologize to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for the human rights abuses she suffered during the country’s 1961-1985 dictatorship.
Rousseff is a former leftist guerrilla who spent three years in prison during the dictatorship and was tortured.
Paula Pinto, a spokeswoman for Rio’s Social Assistance and Human Rights Department, said Rousseff is one of 120 people who will receive apologies from governor Sergio Cabral on June 4 for the imprisonment and torture they or their relatives suffered in the state.
Rousseff and the others will also receive the equivalent of $10,000 under a compensation law passed in 2001, she said, adding that the president plans to donate the money to charity.
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during the time she was being kept as a prisoner for her leftist activities. You note some of the judges hide their faces. They should!
She had been tortured relentlessly on a very over-used Brazilian torture device, used from the early slave days in Brazil, "Pau de Arara," or "Parrot's Perch," shown in the following photo:
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"Pau de Arara" monument to remind Brazilians
of the triumph over the fascist military dictatorship.
(That dictatorship was supported by the U.S., incidently,)
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