In Some Countries Poem by Francis Duggan

In some Countries people who speak in public against the regime for their words are made for to pay
They are condemned to serve years of imprisonment and tortured and beat every day
These are brave and wonderful people they do stand for something that is great
For human rights they carry the banner and them we ought to celebrate
If everyone were only like them the Human World of oppressors and oppression would be free
We would not have people too scared for to speak for their rights we would not have any refugee
Some of the World's bravest people who are not guilty of any crime
Are condemned for their bravery to serve a long term of prison time
Had they kept their silence they would not be in prison today
But they live by their conscience this is their way
To their higher selves they remain as ever true
And credit in abundance they surely are due
They refuse to be cowed by those who rule by fear
And stories of their bravery inspiring to read of and to hear.