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Dissident

She knows To well Her country Irina Ratushinskaya Its people He sprouts The truth Mohammed Abbou They don’t want to hear it Amongst these people Riad Al-turk As they do What evil does Shirin Ebad Tape her mouth Plug her ears Freedom of mind Is hers Hina Jilani He’s mad She’s crazy Liu Xiaobo See what they made us do As we had to Lock him up Beat her Assassinate them Gao Zhisheng For our safety So we can continue Our human rights abuses Without exposure Sima Semar To speak To think a thousand words Of lement Arnold Tsunga Of lose Of value Of respect Basic human rights Really Zainah Anwar For women And child Olara Otunnu It is all So clear To them Is what They have in common Yoani Sanchez Communion As with Percussion Prison Endless torture Francisco Soberon Starvation But no Salvation Julian Assange Is it worth it? It is to him And her And them For there People For us Really

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