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
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 volume was based on the official documentation kept by the very military that perpetrated the horrific acts. These extensive documents include military court proceedings of actual trials, secretly...
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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 volume was based on the official documentation kept by the very military that perpetrated the horrific acts. These extensive documents include military court proceedings of actual trials, secretly photocopied by lawyers associated with the Catholic Church and analyzed by a team of researchers. Their daring project--known as BNM for Brasil: Nunca Mais--compiled more than 2,700 pages of testimony by political prisoners documenting close to three hundred forms of torture. The BNM project proves conclusively that torture was an essential part of the military justice system and that judicial authorities were clearly aware of the use of torture to extract confessions. Still, it took more than a decade after the publication of Brasil: Nunca Mais for the armed forces to admit publicly that such torture had ever taken place. Torture in Brazil, the English version of the book re-edited here, serves as a timely reminder of the role of Brazil's military in past repression.
Preface to the New EditionForewordPrefaceIntroduction to the Brazilian Edition3Pt. ICruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Punishment111Torture Classes: Guinea Pig Prisoners132Modes and Instruments of Torture163Torture of Children and Women254Medical Assistance to Torture33Pt. IIThe Repressive System395The Origins of the Military Regime416The Consolidation of the Authoritarian State497The History and Legal Structure of the Repressive System608How Suspects Were Detained68Pt. IIIAgainst Everything and Everybody759A Profile of Repression7710Against Leftist Organizations8111Against Targeted Social Groups10212Against "Subversion"129Pt. IVDistortion of the Law13913The Nature of Judicial Proceedings14114Six Sample Cases161Pt. V"This Is Where Hell Is ..."17115The Houses of Horror17316The Consequences of Torture18017Deaths under Torture19218The Disappeared204Notes218Appendices223IGlossary of Acronyms225IIStatement on Torture by the World Council of Churches230IIIList of "Disappeared" Political Prisoners235
\ ChoiceThis is the most important book to come out of Brazil in this decade, perhaps in the last 30 years.\ \
