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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.

Bianca Jagger

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
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Country Indigenous Latin Rights Traditional
Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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States Terrorism Today
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
I feel great identification with the developing world.
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Feels Identification World
Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.
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Community Hussein People
A man who gets divorced is not forever going to be talked about for it. There are very different standards that we have for women than we have for men.
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Different Forever Men
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening
I’ve enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer’s program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with Bill O’Reilly. I will do it any time.
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Bills Debate Enjoy Heated
I don’t need an overpowering, powerful, rich man to feel secure. I’d much rather have a man who is there for me, who really loves me, who is growing, who is real.
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Men Powerful Real
Tony Blair has turned his back on the principles he claimed he believed in before he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with George W. Bush. He was an entirely different kind of leader.
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Different Leadership Principles Shoulder Turned
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
I don’t want to wear what every other women wears. I won’t be dictated to.
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Want Wears Women
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
I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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Lasts Rights Years
During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.
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Divorce Parent Years
I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.
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Country Viewpoints World

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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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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