1. 1961: Henri Alleg by Craig Tembirth

    Only he controls his words.
    Neither torture nor truth serum ever forced his flow.
    Simulated drowning merely stimulated silence
    while his choice to voice came forth when captive –
    exposed sentences from imposed sentence.
    La Question for me, questions humanity.
    ‘No civilised country should allow it’.
    In 2010 his story echoes.



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