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050	0	0	_aJC 571 _b.M3995 2011
082	0	0	_a323.092 _aB
084			_aPOL035010 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aMéndez, Juan E.
245	1	0	_aTaking a stand : _bthe evolution of human rights / _cJuan E. Méndez with Marjory Wentworth.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2011.
300			_aix, 246 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Juan Méndez has experienced human rights abuse first hand. As a result of his work with political prisoners in the late 1970s, the Argentinean military dictatorship arrested, tortured, and held him for more than a year. During that time, Amnesty International adopted him as a "Prisoner of Conscience." After his release, he moved to the United States and continued his lifelong fight for the rights of others, and the lessons he has gleaned over the decades can help us with our current struggles. Here, he sets forth an authoritative and incisive examination of torture, detention, exile, armed conflict, and genocide, whose urgency is even greater in the wake of America's recent disastrous policies. Méndez offers a new strategy for holding governments accountable for their actions, providing an essential blueprint for different human rights groups to be able to work together to effect change"--
600	1	0	_aMéndez, Juan E.
650		0	_aHuman rights workers _vBiography.
650		0	_aPolitical prisoners _xCivil rights.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights _2bisacsh.
700	1		_aWentworth, Marjory, _d1958-
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