Miguel Periera de Melo
From Censorpedia
Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: 1976 - 1984 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Print Journalism Photography [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Miguel Periera de Melo
Confronting Bodies: Brazilian law enforcement
Dates of Action: November 1998
Location: Para, Brazil
Description of Artwork: Photographs of bodies piled onto trucks after a police massacre in 1996.
The Incident: Melo was gunned down, and later died, in anticipation of his testimony at a trial involving 159 police officers accused in the massacre of landless farmworkers in Eldorado de Carajas in 1996. Melo's photographs attracted worldwide attention.
Results of Incident: Melo died in the hospital the day after he was attacked.
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