{"id":37117,"date":"2023-01-17T16:55:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T16:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=37117"},"modified":"2023-01-26T15:37:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:37:22","slug":"government-of-sao-paulo-organizations-oppose-appointment-of-military-police-officer-charged-in-carandiru-massacre","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/government-of-sao-paulo-organizations-oppose-appointment-of-military-police-officer-charged-in-carandiru-massacre\/","title":"Government of S\u00e3o Paulo: organizations oppose appointment of military police officer charged in Carandiru Massacre","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement released this Tuesday, January 17, more than 60 civil society organizations, including Conectas, condemned the appointment of S\u00e9rgio de Souza Merlo to the position of technical advisor to the Office of the S\u00e3o Paulo State Prison Administration Department. The appointment was made by Governor Tarc\u00edsio de Freitas.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The colonel was charged in the Carandiru case, for leading a platoon that was involved in the second stage of the operation, in 1992, called the \u201cclean up\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the charge by the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in the case, the \u201cclean up\u201d included acts of torture against prisoners who had surrendered. Merlo was never convicted, as the statute of limitations expired.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Civil society warns that the appointment is a signal of authoritarianism that is in conflict with the fight against torture and the realization of human rights for the prison population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe appointment of S\u00e9rgio de Souza Merlo is an affront to the memory and honor of the victims and families of the [Carandiru] massacre, and it also symbolizes the state\u2019s disregard for the commitment, internationally assumed by Brazil, to combat torture, especially institutionalized torture, in the Brazilian prison system,\u201d reads an excerpt of the statement.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"tts__custom-position_bottom_fixed\" ><\/div>","excerpt":"<p>In a statement released this Tuesday, January 17, more than 60 civil society organizations, including Conectas, condemned the appointment of S\u00e9rgio 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