Taking a Stand

The Evolution of Human Rights

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
Cover of the book Taking a Stand by Juan E. Méndez, Marjory Wentworth, St. Martin's Press
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Author: Juan E. Méndez, Marjory Wentworth ISBN: 9780230340572
Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication: September 27, 2011
Imprint: St. Martin's Press Language: English
Author: Juan E. Méndez, Marjory Wentworth
ISBN: 9780230340572
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication: September 27, 2011
Imprint: St. Martin's Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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