Amelinha Teles, victim of the dictatorship, dies at 81
The activist was arrested and tortured in 1972
TL;DR
- Amelinha Teles, writer and human rights activist, passed away at 81.
- She was a militant of the PCdoB and was arrested and tortured during Brazil's military dictatorship.
- Teles was director of the União de Mulheres de São Paulo and served on other significant commissions related to political repression.
- In 1972, she, her husband, sister, and children were kidnapped; she endured torture at DOI-CODI, São Paulo.
- Her children witnessed her torture, a particularly cruel event during the dictatorship.
- The family later filed a lawsuit against Colonel Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, who was declared a torturer.
- Her funeral is scheduled for Wednesday, September 16th, at Vila Formosa Cemetery in São Paulo.