HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER LUIS KUTNER DIES

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, March 4, 1993                   TAG: 9303040035
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Knight-Ridder
DATELINE: CHICAGO                                LENGTH: Short
HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER LUIS KUTNER DIES
Luis Kutner, 84, a lawyer for more than 60 years and one of the most prominent human rights attorneys of the 20th century, died Monday.
He helped free Hungarian Cardinal Josef Mindszenty, poet Ezra Pound and former Congo President Moise Tshombe.
Kutner, nominated repeatedly for the Nobel Peace Prize, was the author of the living will and founded World Habeas Corpus, an effort aimed at protecting people from false imprisonment. He was a co-founder of Amnesty International.
"His interest in the writ of habeas corpus for the whole world was unique in his day," said human and civil rights attorney Elmer Gertz. "In some parts of the world, especially where there are dictators, people are thrown in jail and can't get out. You are locked up and no writ can reach you. His achievement was that he worked to change that throughout the world."
- Knight-Ridder/Tribune
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