Samir Geagea
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Samir Geagea is a Lebanese politician and former warlord. The leader of the Lebanese Forces Party, he was released from 11 years in solitary confinement on 26 July 2005.
- "I would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom." (November 2004, speaking to a delegation from the Human Rights Committee of the Lebanese Parliament).
- "I have spent 11 horrific years in solitary confinement in a 6-square-meter dungeon three floors underground without sunlight or fresh air. But I endured my hardships because I was merely living my convictions." (26 July 2005, on his release).
- "Now that you (Lebanese people) have come out of the great prison to which you were confined, you have released me from the small prison in which I was put." (26 July 2005, on his release).
