Keepers of the Flame : : Understanding Amnesty International / / Stephen Hopgood.
"If one organization is synonymous with keeping hope alive, even as a faint glimmer in the darkness of a prison, it is Amnesty International. Amnesty has been the light, and that light was truth-bearing witness to suffering hidden from the eyes of the world."-from Keepers of the FlameThe f...
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