Antonio Fernandez Saenz [SEP] date of birth
Antonio Fernandez Saenz
Antonio Fernandez Saenz (born 1947) is a Spanish-Brazilian lawyer and human rights defender.
Early life.
When he was a small child, his family emigrated from Spain to Brazil to escape the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. 
Political involvement.
While a student, Saenz edited and contributed to several student newspapers. He was particularly active after 1964 when a military dictatorship was established that lasted until 1986.
His writing, exposing the Political repression and torture in Brazil, brought him to
was threatened with detention and prohibited from taking any photographs at the scene. When Dirce de Andrade, Antonio Fernandez Saenz, Manuel Fernando Fernandez and José Fernandez Saenz filed a complaint with the civil police, they were reportedly charged with “disobedience” and “disrespect of authority” before being released.
External links.
- Information about CISA at http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582005000100005 )
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060929180100/http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/docs/62chr/E.CN.4.2006.52.Add.1.pdf