Klaus Hart Brasilientexte

A Brief History of the Urgent Action Network

On December 10, 1972 (the 24th Anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Amnesty International initiated its Campaign for the Abolition of Torture. Its purpose was to arouse public consciousness throughout the world regarding the systematic use of torture by governments.

A little more than two months later, Amnesty would get its first opportunity to respond quickly to a situation: Luis Basilio Rossi, Professor of Brazilian History at São Paulo University, Brazil, was being tortured and his wife turned to the organization for help. A first “Urgent Action” was issued to Amnesty International members and the professor was released. Professor Rossi is currently an active member of the UA Network. Later that year, on December 10, 1973, after extensive publicity and in an effort to provide specific directions for future activities, Amnesty International held its Conference for the Abolition of Torture in Paris. The conference produced a large number of recommendations and proposals for future action. (AI)

http://www.bundestag.de/dasparlament/2010/12/Beilage/006.html

“Die vergessene Diktatur”: http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/kulturheute/941885/

Clarice Herzog und Waldemar Rossi 2011 auf Veranstaltung des Stadtparlaments zu Ehren von Kardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns.

http://www.hart-brasilientexte.de/2012/04/15/brasiliens-militardiktatur-uberlebende-von-verfolgung-und-folter-clarice-herzog-witwe-des-ermordeten-judischen-journalisten-vladimir-herzog-und-regimegegner-waldemar-rossi-heute-fuhrer-der-bisch/

http://www.hart-brasilientexte.de/2008/08/12/befreiungstheologe-frei-betto-zwischen-1898-und-1994-haben-die-usa-48-lateinamerikanische-regierungen-gesturzt-unter-ihnen-die-von-joao-goulart-1964-in-brasilien/

“Tortures range from simple but brutal blows from a truncheon to electric shocks. Often the torture is more refined: the end of a reed is placed in the anus of a naked man hanging suspended downwards on the pau de arara [parrot’s perch] and a piece of cotton soaked in petrol is lit at the other end of the reed. Pregnant women have been forced to watch their husbands being tortured. Other wives have been hung naked beside their husbands and given electric shocks on the sexual parts of their body, while subjected to the worst kind of obscenities. Children have been tortured before their parents and vice versa. The length of sessions depends upon the resistance capacity of the victims and have sometimes continued for days at a time.”

– Amnesty International, describing the torture suffered by Brazilians at the hands of the military and the US-run Office of Public Safety (OPS) in the 1960s

In nicht wenigen deutschsprachigen Veröffentlichungen, darunter Büchern, wird die brasilianische Militärdiktatur auffälligerweise verharmlost.

James N. Green:

Das politische Umfeld des deutsch-brasilianischen Atomvertrags:  http://www.ila-web.de/brasilientexte/2007/ciasekten.htm

http://www.history.umd.edu/Faculty/DWilliams/courses/Spring06/HIST471/Clergy.pd

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