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Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights (1st Edition) by Marjory Wentworth, Juan E. Méndez Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-230-11233-1 / 0230112331 ISBN-13: 978-0-230-11233-9 / 9780230112339 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 |