Joel Holden Filártiga

Joel Holden Filártiga Ferreira (born 1932 in Yvytimi) is a Paraguayan doctor and human rights activist.

After his son Joelito was murdered by dictator Alfredo Stroessner's secret police in 1976, he was a participant in Filártiga v. Peña-Irala. He runs a clinic in Ybycuí and is also an artist.[1] He was played by Anthony Hopkins in the 1991 television film One Man's War.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life by Donald P. McNeill, Douglas A. Morrison, Henri J. M. Nouwen, pgs 135-138
  2. ↑ New York Magazine, pg 81


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