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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 5.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.


Where do YOU stand?

Are you for torture?

-OR-

Do you support human rights no matter what color, race, gender, age, country of origin someone comes from? Do you believe that we all have rights as human beings on this planet?

And what about Habeas Corpus?

Latin for "you [should] have the body", in common law countries, habeas corpus is the name of a legal instrument or writ by means of which detainees can seek release from unlawful imprisonment. A writ of habeas corpus is a court order addressed to a prison official (or other custodian) ordering that a detainee be brought to the court so it can be determined whether or not that person is imprisoned lawfully and whether or not he or she should be released from custody. The writ of habeas corpus in common law countries is an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action.


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