Was Amaral Convicted of Perjury for covering up the Torture of Leonor Cipriano?
SnipWhen Leonor was invited to identify her aggressors by an investigating magistrate in Évora in 2006, she was only able to identify one official who was present and did nothing to prevent the abuses, possibly because she had had a bag over her head for long periods, or due to the time that had passed, or because not all her torturers were among the six officers placed before her.
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/may/portugal-report-on-torture-suffered-by-leonor-cipriano/Amaral was one of the two who left a paper trail and were convicted as a result.
They tortured Leonor Cipriano for two days unsurprisingly resulting in her severe injury. I'll guarantee there is not one person posting here who would not eventually have agreed to whatever they wanted said probably long before Leonor had to give in.
The pain endured in her knees must have been indescribable.
SnipTwo glass ashtrays were placed on the floor, and Leonor was forced to kneel on them, without being allowed to get up until she confessed. She showed Correia the scars on her knees, still visible four years later.
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/may/portugal-report-on-torture-suffered-by-leonor-cipriano/