Disagree with the tyrant and you risk imprisonment, torture… - Sting

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Disagree with the tyrant and you risk imprisonment, torture and death. Yet that is what we must do, all of us. We must protect our right to speak the truth.

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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by the stage name Sting is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor and philanthropist, known as the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the influential new wave rock band The Police and for his subsequent solo career.

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Alternative Names: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner • Gordon Sumner • G.M. Sumner

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