Inês Etienne Romeu

Inês Etienne Romeu
Born1942
Pouso Alegre, Brasil
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".

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.

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

References

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


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