Who is Roger Casement

Roger David Casement (Irish: Ruairí Dáithí Mac Easmainn; 1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916), known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG, between 1911 and 1916, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist executed by the United Kingdom for treason during World War I. He worked for the British Foreign Office as a diplomat, becoming known as a humanitarian activist, and later as a poet and Easter Rising leader. Described as the "father of twentieth-century human rights investigations", he was honoured in 1905 for the Casement Report on the Congo and knighted in 1911 for his important investigations of human rights abuses in the rubber industry in Peru.In Africa as a young man, Casement first worked for commercial interests before joining the British Colonial Service. In 1891 he was appointed as a British ...
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  • In The Streets Of Catania
    All that was beautiful and just,
    All that was pure and sad
    Went in one little, moving plot of dust
    The world called bad....
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Congolescinire: hi all, cci president attended performance by congolese & brazilian artists at the roger casement statue on saturday 18th march 2023. the performance was recorded as the video will have an impact for roger casement summer school.
Kerrytodayrk: coming up after 9 – - fr peter mcverry who’s been speaking in kenmare gives his reaction to tds' vote to end the eviction ban. - previously unseen letters give fresh insight into the character of roger casement. 1/
Radiokerrynews: hopes that irish state will buy unseen roger casement letters at upcoming auction
Greekirishsoc: “twelve: the final hours of roger casement” is a new play (in greek) currently running at the dromos theatre theater (ag. meletiou 25 & kykladon in kypseli), every wednesday night at 9pm until 26 april. more info:
Ngireland: some of the portraits by purser that we hold in our collection include roger casement, kathleen behan, jack b. yeats and dubhglas de hÍde.
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We're hiking along at a two-forty pace
We 're making life seem like a man-killing race,
With our nerves all on edge and our jaws firmly set
We go rushing along; with our brows lined with sweat
And our cheeks pale and drawn every minute we dash,
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We 're out for the money, the greenbacks and gold,
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