Human Rights’ Defenders PORTUGUESE PERSONALITIES
Antรณnio Vieira
A Priest against slavery ď ľ
He was a Jesuit priest from 17th century who defended the opressed and atacked the dominant power.
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He defended the Barzilian and african slaves from the white people who forced them to work in sugar mills and gold mines and mistreated them.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes
A LARGER HUMANITARIAN LIST THAN SCHINDLER'S
Was consul in Bordeaux, during the II World War.
Passed thousands of visas to Jews persecuted by Hitler, saving more than 30 000 Jewish.
Saved thousa0nds of lives by allowing them to come to Portugal , from where they went to America, Brazil, Mexico…
He was the champion of tolerance that was persecuted to death by political intolerance of Salazar, Portuguese Dictator.
Fernando Nobre
Founder of AMI (International Medical Assistance)
As a student, he worked as a member of an association to help autistic children.
He got a degree in Medicine and work as a doctor.
He has always volunteered as a server of causes.
Always attentive to the situation of excluded and victims, he founded the internation humanitaian association of medical assistance.
He works all around the World, in catastrophic situations, operating under tents to help wounded.
Catarina Albuquerque
Sanitation and Water for All
She graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and was awarded a DESE (Diploma of Advanced Specialized Studies) in International Law by the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales.
She was a member of several Portuguese delegations to the United Nations and a consultant to the Portuguese Committee for UNICEF.
In 2008, until 2014, it assumed the role of the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation as a human right
Antรณnio Guterres
Secretary general of the United Nations
His first name is António and his surname is Guterres. He is sixty-nine years old and his birthday is on April.
Guterres led one of the world's leading humanitarian organizations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),dealing with one of the most serious refugee crises escaping from Syria, Iraq and the African continent.
António Guterres, former prime minister of Portugal, was chosen as the candidate for secretary general of the United Nations.
Guterres took office on January 1st 2017.
JosĂŠ Augusto Rocha
A lawyer of the political prisoners
José Augusto Rocha, a lawyer who defended political prisoners during the Portuguese dictatorship.
He was imprisoned at Fort Caxias by PIDE, and was later released without trial, but was expelled from the University for two years.
He had a courageous career as a lawyer for the defense of political prisoners.