You can start by releasing imprisoned journalists.
Amal Clooney is urging the Egyptian government to release imprisoned journalist Mohamed Fahmy on medical grounds.
The US, in partnership with the UN, should also pressure Iran to release imprisoned human rights defenders and political prisoners.
He stopped short of calling on China to release imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo, the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, an award that infuriated Beijing.
In August the United States imposed sanctions on four Belarusian state-owned enterprises in an effort to pressure Lukashenka into releasing imprisoned political activists.
He led the government's hard-line approach to the kidnappers, refusing their demand to release imprisoned terrorists in exchange for Mr. Moro.
Rouhani's big challenge, besides securing a nuclear deal and ending sanctions, is an Iranian version of glasnost: increasing social freedoms and releasing imprisoned dissidents, activists and journalists.
Pictures of the body of Mr. Johnson, who was kidnapped near his home in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, on June 12, were posted on the Internet after the Saudi government refused to release imprisoned compatriots of his Islamic militant captors.
It also further watered down its demands, calling on Ankara to involve it in the country's political process, allow more cultural rights for the country's estimated 15 million Kurds and release imprisoned PKK members.
A Bold Prediction In July, as China completes preparations for the opening of the Beijing Olympics on propitious 08/08/08, the government releases imprisoned journalist Shi Tao, a government critic now serving a 10-year sentence after being found guilty of revealing state secrets.
