Renildo José dos Santos explained

Renildo José dos Santos (2 April 1956 - 10 March 1993) was Brazilian politician.

Renildo is considered one of the first openly elected LGBT politicians in Brazil. In 1993, he was murdered after coming out.

Biography

Son of Marinete Maria de Lima, Renildo was born in Coqueiro Seco, Alagoas.[1] Renildo dos Santos became a municipal councilman in Coqueiro Seco.[2] In 1993, he was brutally murdered after publicly declaring his bisexuality.[3] [4] Renildo faced constant persecution and threats, being prevented from entering the Municipal Council and threatened with the loss of his mandate.[5] [6] [7]

Renildo's memory is remembered by LGBT activists and he is honored with the Renildo José dos Santos Human Rights Award,[8] created by the .[9] [10] This award recognizes individuals who contribute significantly to the promotion of citizenship and human rights in Brazil.[11] [12]

Murder

Renildo was kidnapped by armed men on March 10, 1993, and days later, his body was found mutilated and decapitated.[13] [14] The case had great international repercussion and was reported to Amnesty International.[15] In 2015, those responsible for the crime began serving their sentences,[16] after a Luiz Marcelo Falcão, a retired second lieutenant of the Alagoas Military Police,[17] confessed to his involvement in the murder of Renildo José dos Santos.[18] Falcão admitted to participating in the brutal crime, which occurred in March 1993, when Renildo was kidnapped, tortured, and decapitated. Falcão's confession also implicated José Renato de Oliveira, a local landowner, as the mastermind behind the murder.[19] Oliveira, who was 80 years old at the time of his arrest, was accused of ordering the assassination due to Renildo's opposition to his political influence in Coqueiro Seco.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-11-09 . Matadores do vereador Renildo podem ser presos a qualquer momento . 2024-11-21 . É ASSIM . pt-BR.
  2. Web site: Depoimentos de violações e defesa dos direitos humanos marcam audiência do GT Memória e Verdade LGBTQIA+ no Ceará – Agência AIDS . 2024-11-20 . pt-BR.
  3. Web site: Série Homofobia em Alagoas: casos chocam população . 2024-11-20 . Cadaminuto . pt-BR.
  4. Book: Purpurina na terra do cangaço: Refletindo à Homossexualidade na Escola . 978-6202195386.
  5. Web site: 2023-03-16 . O vereador torturado e decapitado por se declarar gay, em Alagoas . 2024-11-20 . O Globo . pt-br.
  6. Green . James N. . 2015 . 'Mais amor e mais tesão': a construção de um movimento brasileiro de gays, lésbicas e travestis . Cadernos Pagu . Campinas, SP . . 15.
  7. Capute . Eduardo . Quais são as representacoes que professores assumidamente gays na escola? . Núcleo de Documentação Histórica . UFMS.
  8. Web site: 2017-12-15 . Personalidades recebem IX Prêmio de Direitos Humanos Renildo José dos Santos, em Maceió . 2024-11-20 . G1 . pt-br.
  9. Ungar . Mark . March 2000 . State Violence and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (lgbt) Rights . New Political Science . en . 22 . 1 . 61–75 . 10.1080/073931400113521 . 0739-3148.
  10. Howes . Robert . 2003 . João Antônio Mascarenhas (1927-1998): pioneiro do ativismo homossexual no Brasil . Cadernos AEL . pt . 1413-6597.
  11. Web site: 2023-03-16 . 30 anos da morte do vereador alagoano Renildo, decapitado por se declarar gay . 2024-11-20 . BR104 - Portal de notícias . pt-br.
  12. Web site: Prêmio de Direitos Humanos Renildo José dos Santos acontece nesta terça em Maceió . 2024-11-20 . Tribuna Hoje.
  13. de Freitas . Geovani Jacó . 2004 . Violência policial e crime organizado em Alagoas: fatos e representações . O Público e o Privado . pt . 2 . 4 jul.dez . 103–123 . 2238-5169.
  14. Barbosa de Oliveira . Lucas Pazoline . 2020-12-04 . (In)dignidade na veia, uma reflexão sobre a marginalização dos direitos humanos provocada pela inconstitucionalidade da proibição de homossexuais doarem sangue . PUC Goiás Repository .
  15. Web site: 1993-03-22 . Brazil: possible extrajudicial execution: Renildo Jose dos Santos . 2024-11-22 . Amnesty International . en.
  16. Web site: Redação . 2015-11-12 . Renildo: caso chocou o país e foi denunciado à Anistia Internacional . 2024-11-20 . TNH1 . pt-br.
  17. Web site: Farias . Michelle . 2015-11-16 . PM acusado de matar vereador por Coqueiro Seco se entrega à polícia . 2024-11-27 . Alagoas . pt-br.
  18. Web site: IBDFAM: No Dia Internacional de Enfrentamento à LGBTIFobia, CDHM realiza audiência sobre crimes de ódio contra população LGBTI . 2024-11-20 . ibdfam.org.br.
  19. Web site: 2015-11-12 . Acusado de mandar matar vereador de Coqueiro seco se entrega à polícia . 2024-11-27 . Alagoas . pt-br.

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