Amnesty International and Brazil (1961-1982)

• Grant number: 13/02002-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: September 02, 2013
• End date: July 01, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Cancelli
• Grantee: Renata Costa Reis de Meirelles
• Supervisor: Penelope Jane Green
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: King's College London, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/06885-1 - Lighting candles: Amnesty International and Brazil (1961-82), BP.DR

Abstract

This project aims to investigate the strategic activities of Amnesty International regarding Brazilian political prisoners during the Brazilian military regime (1964-85), its methods of investigation into human rights abuse charges, the strategies concerning the campaigns for publishing these charges, as well as the links between Amnesty's members and Brazilian opposition groups, which made the publishing of reports on torture possible. (AU)