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São Paulo, Brazil – 24 March 2025
1. Aerial of Dom Bosco cemetery where remains which could be of victims of Brazil’s military dictatorship (1964-1985) were found 35 years ago ++MUTE++
2. Brazil’s Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship, Macaé Evaristo, alongside relatives of victims of dictatorship
3. Officials and relatives on stage
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Macaé Evaristo, Brazil’s Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
“The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, on behalf of the Brazilian State, apologizes to the families of those who disappeared politically during the Brazilian military dictatorship that began in 1964.”
5. People applauding
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Nilmário Miranda, 77, former Brazilian Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship:
“Any news about the loved ones in the midst of the barbarity that has occurred is important and encouraging. How long has it lasted? We are already in the third generation. The first generation has already left, the second generation is leaving, and we are in the third generation, of grandsons and granddaughters, who will continue until there is justice.”
7. Various of afro-Brazilian group Quilombaque performing at ceremony
STORYLINE:
Brazil’s government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country’s military dictatorship whose remains could be among those found in a clandestine mass grave 35 years ago.
Dozens of families are still waiting to know whether their parents, children, siblings and friends are in one of more than 1,000 blue bags discovered in 1990 in a ditch in a São Paulo cemetery in the isolated district of Perus.
That was the first of many mass graves uncovered by Brazil’s authorities after the end of the 21-year military rule in 1985.
The clandestine grave at the Dom Bosco cemetery also contained remains of several unidentified people who were not linked to the fight against Brazil’s dictatorship.
The official apology is part of a deal between prosecutors, family members and the State.
It took place during Right to Truth Day, which is also celebrated in other countries.
Human Rights minister Macaé Evaristo said the Brazilian State was neglectful in the identification process of the bags and bones found in Perus.
For almost 25 years, the remains were held by three state universities and laboratories outside Brazil, but only a handful of families finally had their loved ones identified.
Brazil’s truth commission in 2014 reported that at least 434 people were killed and more than 100 disappeared completely during the country’s military dictatorship.
The disappearance of former lawmaker Rubens Paiva, as portrayed in the Academy Award-winning film “I’m Still Here” renewed public interest in the dictatorship’s abuses, attracting an audience of more than 6 million in Brazil.
Evaristo said Brazil’s government has invested about 200,000 Brazilian reais ($35,000) each year for the identification of bags from Perus, but agreed that is not enough to give peace to families of victims.
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