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José Augusto Rocha, a lawyer who defended political prisoners in Estado Novo, died Thursday morning at the SAMS hospital in Lisbon, where he was hospitalized, said a source close to the family. received the rank of Officer of the Order of Liberty in December 2017.
Graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, José Augusto Rocha, 79 years old, He was Director of the Academic Association of Coimbra and was expelled from all national schools for two years in the academic crisis of 1962, by decision of the Senate of the University of Coimbra. At the time, he was accused of having held the 1st National Student Meeting, despite the ban on the Minister of National Education.
Judged at the Criminal Court of Coimbra, he was accused of the crime of disobedience to the Minister of National Education.
José Augusto Rocha participated in several trials and proceedings before the Plenum Criminal Court of Lisbon, where he defended and assisted political detainees, namely Victor Ramalho, Francisco Canais Rocha, João Pulido Valente, Diana Andringa, Fernando Rosas, Maria José Morgado, José Mário Costa, Paula Fonseca, Isabel Patrocínio Saldanha Sanches, José Maria Martins Soares, Amadeu Lopes Sabino, Sebastião Lima Rego and Paula Metelo
He was also President of the Commission on Human Rights of the Bar in 2008. The body of José Augusto Rocha will be cremated at Cemitério dos Olivais Friday at 17 hours.
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