Edgard Raúl Leoni Moreno: Prisoner of Conscience
A prisoner of conscience is a person who has been detained for defending human rights while never participating in acts of violence. When it comes to International Public Law , you will find International Humanitarian Law which looks out for the Human Rights of people all over the world. During the 60s, Amnesty International created the term Prisoner of Conscience to refer to those people who have been jailed, accused by the State due to their political leanings, sexual orientation, religion, skin color, language or race. As long as the detained hasn’t participated or supported acts of violence related to the defense of Human Rights , violated them or the local government’s laws either by their words spoken at conferences, speeches , interviews to the media, protests, comments on the internet or rallies. There is a currently unknown amount of Prisoners of Conscience jailed all over the world, in democratic countries and other forms of government; many cases...