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I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.

Bianca Jagger

When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.
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Commitment Order Perseverance
The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
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Commitment Human Issue Rights War
George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.
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Away Law Rights Walking
Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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States Terrorism Today
I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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Country Government Nicaragua
There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. …
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Law Rights World
People in the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his ambition to be the second-most-powerful man in the world made him lose his mind.
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Ambition Men Powerful Seconds
I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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Lasts Rights Years
I didn’t want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.
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Citizens Class House
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening
Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.
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Freeze Leaving Photography Translation Written
We need to defend our principles and values, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of international law. If we don’t our world will further descend into a state of chaos.
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Chaos Civil International Law Liberties State
Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I’ve been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
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Country Models Philosophy Role
I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.
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Believe Leader Peaceful
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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Country Government Thinking
President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.
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Home Indicated Office Texas

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