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Author Kennedy, David, 1954-

Title The rights of spring : a memoir of innocence abroad / David Kennedy
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009

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Contents Introduction -- Thinking ahead -- Crossing over -- Professional roles -- Direct examination : telling Ana's story -- Cross-examination : the doctor's tale -- The men of libertad -- Transition : preparing to act -- A moment of advocacy -- The aftermath
Summary Ana reported being blindfolded, doused in cold water. She was tied to a metal frame; electrodes were fastened to her body. Someone cranked a hand-operated generator. One spring more than twenty years ago, David Kennedy visited Ana in an Uruguayan prison as part of the first wave of humanitarian activists to take the fight for human rights to the very sites where atrocities were committed. Kennedy was eager to learn what human rights workers could do, idealistic about changing the world and helping people like Ana. But he also had doubts. What could activists really change? Was there something
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Subject Human rights.
Human rights advocacy.
Human rights workers.
Human rights -- Uruguay
Political prisoners -- Uruguay
Civil rights workers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Human Rights.
Civil rights workers
Human rights
Human rights advocacy
Human rights workers
Political prisoners
Uruguay
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400833214
1400833213