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Prisoner of conscience - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Censor, Ego, Ethics, Grace, Honor, Id, Judgement, Libido, Mind, Morality, Morals |
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Prisoner of Conscience (POC) is a term coined by Amnesty International, the global human rights group. Prisoner of Conscience refers to anyone imprisoned because of their race, religion, color, language, sexual orientation, or belief (so long as they have not used or advocated violence).
Amnesty International has, since its founding, pressured governments (such as China, Syria, or the State of Israel) to release such Prisoners of Conscience.
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Example Usage of conscience |
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votelambert: "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." - Thomas Jefferson |
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gervis: @ajboekestijn s '(The) price of a bad conscience' is due next week. It will be about the ineffectiveness of development cooperation policies |
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gervis: Elsevier November 28 2009 No. 48 p.65 @ajboekestijn 'The price of a bad conscience' (book preview on AJB's critics development cooperation) |
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