Vladimir Roslik
Appearance
Vladimir Roslik (c. 1943 – c. 1984) was a doctor and a member of the Communist Party of Uruguay during the Uruguayan military dictatorship of 1974-1984.
He was the last victim to die under torture during this dictatorship prior to the return of democracy in late 1984.
Roslik was born and died in San Javier, Río Negro. He studied medicine in the USSR, at the Patrice Lumumba University. Several monuments to him stand in his hometown.
Bibliography
- Martínez, Virginia (2013). The Russians of San Javier (in Spanish). Montevideo: Ediciones de la Banda Oriental. p. 298. ISBN 9789974108509.
External links
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights resolution regarding Roslik's torture and death.
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 1976 deaths
- People from Río Negro Department
- Uruguayan physicians
- Assassinated activists
- Assassinated Uruguayan people
- Uruguayan torture victims
- People murdered in Uruguay
- Uruguayan people of Russian descent
- Communist Party of Uruguay politicians
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia alumni
- 20th-century physicians
- Uruguayan expatriates in the Soviet Union
- South American medical biography stubs
- Uruguayan people stubs