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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.

Bianca Jagger

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
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
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 often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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Country Government Nicaragua
I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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Lasts Rights Years
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
In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.
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Discovered Dream Equality Law
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
Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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People Successful War
People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.
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Continue Country Doubt Leave Loss People
Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn’t just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.
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Hippie Liberty Needs
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening
The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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Death Penalty Penalties United States
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
Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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Difficult Interview
People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.
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Appreciate Courage Oppose People Politician
Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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Government Law People
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
We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.
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Committed Crime Suspect
The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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Innocence Innocent People Person
Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.
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Members Privileged Suffering
I feel great identification with the developing world.
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Feels Identification 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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Commitment Human Issue Rights War
I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.
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Believe Genocide Ongoing
The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That’s why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.
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Believe Help Innocent People Voice Voiceless
Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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States Terrorism Today
I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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Aware Politically Thinking

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