Witness For Civil Liberties

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• Witness (human rights group) — Infobox Non profit Non profit name = WITNESS founded date = 1992 founder = Peter Gabriel area served = Worldwide focus = Protecting human rights method = Video Advocacy homepage = [http://www.witness.org WITNESS website] WITNESS is a New York… …   Wikipedia

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• Liberties — Liberty Lib er*ty (l[i^]b [ e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Liberties} ( t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert[ e], fr. L. libertas, fr. liber free. See {Liberal}.] 1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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