Inês Etienne Romeu

Brazilian resistance fighter and torture victim during the Brazilian military dictatorship

Inês Etienne Romeu (1942 – April 27, 2015) was a Brazilian political prisoner. She was held in extrajudicial detention in a Brazilian torture camp in the early 1970s. Romeu has been described as the sole captive to survive the camp.

Inês Etienne Romeu
Brazilian torture survivor Inês Etienne Romeu.
Born1942
DiedApril 27, 2015 (aged 72)
Niterói, Brasil
NationalityBrazil
Known forbelieved to have been the only captive to survive detention in a Brazilian torture centre known as the Casa da Morte, the "House of Death".

Romeu died in Niterói, Brazil at the age of 72.[1]

References

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  1. "Brazilian torture survivor Romeu dies". BBC News.com. Retrieved April 28, 2015.