I am dying not just to attempt to end the barbarity of H-blocks or to gain the rightful recognition of political prisoners,… — Bobby Sands Copy Share Image
“It was astonishing that the pseudo wreckers, who knew perfectly well that they weren't wreckers, believed that military men and priests were… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
And if Bradley Manning really did as he is accused, he is a hero, an example to us all and one of… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
Of course, no state accepts [that it should call] the people it is imprisoning or detaining for political reasons, political prisoners. They… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
This country maintains that there is no political prisoners, that everybody is criminals, but it's just not true. — Sekou Odinga Copy Share Image
Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. But it's a small link. There are lots of other issues: apartheid , vivisection,… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
“Political prisoners describe: - extreme physical and emotional torture - distortion of language, truth, meaning and reality - sham killings - begin… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
There are several dozen political prisoners in Russia. When I cite that number people are often very surprised. They often think there… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
If a British government experienced such a long and persistent resistance to domestic policy in England, then that policy would almost certainly… — Bobby Sands Copy Share Image
We now live in a country with a thousand political prisoners, a country where each week there are new trials, where people… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
“At no time have governments been moralists. They never imprisoned people and executed them for having done something. They imprisoned and executed… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
If man is not made in the image of God, nothing then stands in the way of inhumanity. There is no good… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
With Pussy Riot - this was a prank! It was a brilliant, artistically gifted prank. But they didn't expect to go to… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Holocaust Memorial Day is intended as an inclusive commemoration of all the individuals and communities who suffered as a result of the… — Jack Straw Copy Share Image
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on… — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
“The iron fettering on the gate read "Arbeit Macht Frei". "What do you think that means?" asked a man from behind them… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your… — Irina Ratushinskaya Copy Share Image
My sense, and I'm sort of guessing, is that the journalists were being classified by the government as common criminals, and the… — Adam Braver Copy Share Image
There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners. — Robert Bourassa Copy Share Image
From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment… — William Hague Copy Share Image
As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order,… — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
Writing is powerful. Whether it's a little girl hiding from the Nazis in an attic, or Amnesty International writing letters on behalf… — Erin Gruwell Copy Share Image
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