If the new practice of labeling prisoner organs as voluntary donations were accepted by the international medical community, China would officially bypass, in deed alter, international ethics guidelines and the use of prisoner organs would become permanently legal.
The death of Mr. Zapata, who was not widely known in Cuba but was labeled a "prisoner of conscience" by Amnesty International, has forced Cuban authorities to engage in damage control.
The Administration labelled the prisoners "unlawful combatants" rather than prisoners of war, and thus denied them the protections of the Geneva convention — a decision that provoked wide international disapproval.
The executive director of Amnesty International USA, Suzanne Nossel, said that Pussy Riot had been a galvanizing force for young activists, especially after Amnesty International labeled its members "prisoners of conscience" when they were arrested in March.
He's been reluctant to build more prisons in the state and, more recently, changed the way Pennsylvania labels ex-prisoners by not referring to them "offenders" and "felons".
Since his arrest, his supporters have labeled him a "prisoner of conscience".
Ukrainian authorities accused him of working in Russia's interests; Amnesty International labeled him a prisoner of conscience.
A practice that historians believe began with the Nazi regime, "disappeared" persons are denied even the right to legally exist and be labeled a political prisoner.
The surgical wound on my arm was open and oozing, and not one of the guards seemed to care because I was labeled a political prisoner.
The harsh sentence for Rebiya Kadeer, 53, on charges of revealing secrets abroad brought immediate condemnation from international rights monitors including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, which has labeled her a "prisoner of conscience".
