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Rubens Paiva and Carlos Marighella’s corrected death certificates, in addition to 100 other killed or missing victims in the, will be delivered to a ceremony on October 8, in São Paulo. The event is promoted by the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship and the Special Commission on Dead and Missing Politicals (CEMDP), which released the information on Friday (12/9).
The ceremony will be held from 3:30 pm, at the Noble Hall of the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo (USP), with the presence of family members, authorities and members of the Commission.
Who was Rubens Paiva and Marighella
- Rubens Paiva was federal deputy revoked after the 1964 coup and became one of the symbols of political repression.
- Arrested in January 1971, he died in the army’s custody, but for decades his death was officially omitted or registered incorrectly.
- Carlos Marighella, also a former federal deputy, was one of the main opponents of the dictatorship and founded the National Liberating Action (ALN), a group that defended the armed struggle against the regime.
- In 1969, he was killed in an ambush set up by the Department of Political and Social Order (DOPS) in São Paulo.
According to the MDHC, the delivery of rectified certificates seeks to correct official records that, for years, omitted the real circumstances of the deaths. The action is the result of a partnership with the National Operator of the Civil Registry of Natural Persons, in compliance with Resolution No. 601/2024 of the CNJ.
“This collaboration aims to ensure correct records and rescue memory and truth about the victims of serious human rights violations that occurred during the period of military dictatorship in Brazil,” says the folder.
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Corrected Death Certificate Deliveries
The first delivery ceremony took place on August 28, at the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais (ALMG), in Belo Horizonte. At the time, 63 certificates were fit, and 21 of them were delivered to the present family members.
At the time, the Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship, highlighted the importance of the measure for Brazilian democracy. According to her, “the struggle for memory, truth and justice is worth” and the country’s reconstruction requires overcoming “hatred, ignorance and contempt for the other’s life.”
Delivery will continue until December, when the II National Meeting of Family Family of Dead and Missing Persons in Brasilia (DF) will be held.
