Victoria Brittain meets Baran, Turkish human rights lawyer and prisoner of conscience Victoria Britain (0:00-1:24): Hello, everybody. This is Prisoners of Conscience in London. We’re a small charity that does very crucial work helping people who have had to leave Read more…
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Hear the story of Baran, a persecuted human rights lawyer, in this interview with Victoria Brittain, former associate foreign editor of the Guardian
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