pau de arara

00:16 Nov 19, 2018
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Government / Politics / history
Portuguese term or phrase: pau de arara
Era um lugar onde as torturas físicas e psicológicas tinham se aperfeiçoado bastante. Os torturadores tinham diplomas de pós-graduação para arrancar confissões (que afinal não se conseguem com bombons). Homens e mulheres nus e encapuzados iam para o pau de arara, sofriam afogamentos, levavam choques elétricos inclusive nos órgãos genitais. do livro Azul Corvo de Adriana Lisboa
Valci Fischer
Brazil
Local time: 06:47


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4 +1'parrot's perch' torture
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'parrot's perch' torture


Explanation:
pau de arara => 'parrot's perch' torture

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torture in brazil - delanceyplace archive | daily eclectic excerpts by ...
https://delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?p=2791
May 8, 2015 - This monument depicts the "pau de arrara," the infamous "parrot's perch" torture rack, widely used in Brazil during the. Military dictatorial regime ...

Torture Never Again - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture_Never_Again
Torture Never Again (Tortura Nunca Mais) is a Brazilian human rights organization, founded by .... The monument depicts a man in the “pau de arara,” or parrot's perch, torture position, in which victims are hung upside down with their wrists and ...

airmailrpl
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Local time: 06:47
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