Yet the best means of ensuring that—writing letters to, and about, prisoners of conscience—has shrunk.

然而，确保实现此目标的最好方式——向良心犯致函以及为良心犯致函——却已经退缩了。

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The organisation grew out of an appeal launched in May 1961 by Peter Benenson, a British lawyer, on behalf of prisoners of conscience.

该组织的成立源于一位名为皮特·本内森的英国律师在1961年为给那些拥有正义感的罪犯辩护而提出的控诉。

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Sigrid Rausing, a top British donor to human-rights causes, says she regrets the “blurring” of the original mission: “There are so few organisations that focus on individual prisoners of conscience.

英国人权事业的顶级捐助人西格丽德·罗辛（Sigrid Rausing）表示，她对最初使命的“模糊不清”感到遗憾：“只有如此少的组织把重点放在良心犯个体上。”

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Hundreds of prisoners of conscience have been released, and forced labor has been banned.

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The organization considers the Baha'i leaders to be prisoners of conscience, and says their convictions are politically motivated.

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