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Silence would be treason

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Orgoni Is the Dream Breaking, the Looping Chain

In november 19 94, the federal government appointed a special three man tribunal to try my father and the other orgoni activists. President a bacher gave the tribunal the power to impose the death penalty. Their decisions could not be appealed or challenged in the ordinary courts. A team from human rights watch gathered harrowing eye witness accounts of the human rights violations throughout the summer of 19 94. Outside the court room, the defendant's family, friends and legal council claimed they were regularly harassed and physically abused. I have a sense that the orgoni people are holding out bravely. They are not fighting, because i did not even prepare them for physical combat. But they are holding out psychologically.

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