Benevides Correia Barros

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Benevides Correia Barros is an East Timorese lawyer.

Career

As a student, Barros became involved in the East Timorese independence movement in the 1990s. While taking photos in a field in Maliana , he was caught and allegedly tortured by Indonesian soldiers on September 13, 1993 . He was released about two weeks later. According to the government, he was arrested again on October 15 in Baucau and sentenced to two months in prison.

In 1998, Barros took part in a peaceful demonstration by about a thousand East Timorese students in the Indonesian capital Jakarta , where they demanded independence for their homeland. The Indonesian military violently broke up the demonstration. Like others, Barros was arrested but released.

In 1999 the Indonesians withdrew from East Timor. Barros became a lawyer and president of the East Timorese Bar Association . On August 27, 2007 Barros was elected by the National Parliament of East Timor as a representative of the Partido Democrático (PD) for five years as a member of the State Council.

In 2007 Barros represented the rebel Alfredo Alves Reinado as a lawyer in negotiations with the government to settle the conflict.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ United Nations Economic and Social Council: E / CN.4 / 1995/34 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, Fiftieth session, QUESTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS SUBJECTED TO ANY FORM OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT, IN PARTICULAR: TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT , January 12, 1995 , accessed July 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ Amnesty International: Indonesia: East Timorese protest violently broken up - how committed is the Habibie Government to human rights? , AI INDEX: ASA 21/64/88, June 12, 1998 , accessed July 26, 2019.
  4. ^ HAK Association: Court Decision in Defamation Case of Mr. Longuinhos Monteiro SH , February 10, 2009 , accessed on July 26, 2019.
  5. ↑ Nassrine Azimi, Matt Fuller, Hiroko Nakayama: Post-conflict Reconstruction in Japan, Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor and Afghanistan: Proceedings of an International Conference in Hiroshima, November 2002. United Nations Publications, 2003, limited preview in the google book search.
  6. ↑ Jornal da República: RESOLUÇÃO DO PARLAMENTO 15/2007 August 27, 2007 , accessed on July 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ RTP: Parlamento de Timor-Leste elege novos elementos para órgãos consultivos do PR , August 28, 2007 , accessed on July 26, 2019.
  8. ↑ East Timor Legal News Archive_ UNMIT Daily Media Review 21 June 2007, Attorney-General and Alfredo's lawyer will meet with Bishop Alberto , Timor Post , accessed on July 26 of 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Barros, Benevides Correia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barros, Benevides Correia de (alternative name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION East Timorese lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century