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Prisoner of conscience From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Anyone imprisoned for their demographics, beliefs, or the nonviolent expression thereof Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir was sentenced to death after he wrote an article critical of religion and the caste system in Mauritania . He later moved to France . A prisoner of conscience ( POC ) is anyone imprisoned because of their race , sexual orientation , religion, or political views. The term also refers to those who have been imprisoned or persecuted for the nonviolent expression of their conscientiously held beliefs. Most often associated with the human rights organisation Amnesty International , the term was coined by founder Peter Benenson in a 28 May 1961 article (" The Forgotten Prisoners ") for the London Observer . Contents 1 Definition 2 Particular prisoners of conscience 3 See also ...

List of Cthulhu Mythos books From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Liber Ivonis ) Jump to navigation Jump to search The most famous work appearing in the mythos is the Necronomicon . Many fictional works of arcane literature appear in H. P. Lovecraft 's cycle of interconnected works often known as the Cthulhu Mythos . The main literary purpose of these works is to explain how characters within the tales come by occult or esoterica (knowledge that is unknown to the general populace). However, in some cases the works themselves serve as an important plot device. Thus, in Robert Bloch's tale " The Shambler from the Stars ", a weird fiction writer seals his doom by casting a spell from the arcane book De Vermis Mysteriis . Another purpose of these tomes was to give members of the Lovecraft Circle a means to pay homage to one another. Consequently, Clark Ashton Smith used Lovecra...