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 | |
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Born | 1942 |
Died | April 27, 2015 (aged 72) Niterói, Brasil |
Nationality | Brazil |
Known for | believed to have been the only captive to survive detention in a Brazilian torture centre known as the Casa da Morte, the "House of Death". |
References
change- ↑ "Brazilian torture survivor Romeu dies". BBC News.com. Retrieved April 28, 2015.