Peter Ouko: From death row to law graduate
پیتر اوکو: از چوبه اعدام تا فارغالتحصیلی در حقوق
Pete Ouko champions access to justice for inmates and the indolent in Africa. Full bio
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منسون به شما بگویم
interior designer,
due to a broken-down judicial system.
خودش را پشت میلههای زندان یافت.
he didn't commit
گناهکار شناخته شد
the victim who actually died in the murder
یکی فردی بود که به قتل رسیده بود،
sentenced to prison
eight by seven,
that Manson would have been living in.
میکرد را تصور کردم.
than the eight-by-seven cell.
سلول ۸ در۷ بزرگتر بودند.
as he awaited the executioner --
هنگامی که منتظر اعدام کننده اش بود--
he did not have a name --
the next minute,
دقیقهی بعد از راه برسد،
that Manson faced,
منسون با آن ها رو به رو بود
going to play the victim.
قربانی را بازی نخواهد کرد.
that had put him behind bars.
فرستاده بود، عصبانی بود.
he could change that justice system
تغییر دادن این سیستم،
برای رسیدن به عدالت
نقش قربانی را بازی نکند.
when he decided to embrace forgiveness
تصمیم گرفت افرادی که او را
going to be a victim anymore.
قربانی نباشم
change a system
سیستم قضایی کمک کنم؟
younger inmates every day
باید کنار خانوادهشان میبودند را
in prison, my fellow inmates,
همکاران و هم سلولیهایم
to the justice system,
به دستگاه قضایی،
that had been set up
if I may use that word --
که سیستم قضایی موثر باشد،
graduate from the UK,
از بریتانیا آشنا شدم،
of his colleagues from university
در دانشگاه به آنجا آمده بود
تعطیلی از درس بود.
تا در زندان کّمیتی مکسیموم
خواهید دید که این زندان
of the 15 worst prisons in the world.
we were on death row.
به ما اعتماد داشت.
from the university
with the latest technology
مجهز کردند
to very good standards
راه اندازی کردند،
have to die in indignity.
بیشرمانهای نباشیم.
and the support,
at the University of London.
در دانشگاه لندن ثبت نام کنم.
studied from South Africa,
درس میخواند،
at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
کّمیتی مکسیموم تحصیل کنم.
from within the prison system.
the helpless victim.
not only to assist myself,
نه تنها برای کمک کردن به خودم
that have just been spoken about here.
در باره آن صحبت شد، رنج میبردند.
legal briefs for them.
خلاصههایی از قانون را بنویسم.
we did as much as we could.
میتوانستیم انجام دادیم.
at the African Prisons Project
حمایت کنند.
in the Kenya Prison Service
through distance learning.
در رشته حقوق تحصیل میکنند.
who are being motivated
تشویق شدهاند تا
the most indolent in society,
and others get access to justice.
به عدالت برسند.
something kept stirring me.
به هیجان میآورد.
kept hitting me.
مرتب به من تلنگر میزد.
"Pete, if you can't fly,
"پیت، اگر قادر نیستی پرواز کنی،
به ادامه دادن را حس میکردم.
در هر کاری که میکنم را دارم.
to keep moving in whatever I do.
we can change our society,
جامعهمان را تغییر دهیم،
the justice system --
in our country --
after 18 years in prison,
on presidential pardon.
the African Prisons Project --
پروژه زندانهای آفریقا تمرکز دارم
of training and setting up
and legal college behind bars.
به دست بیاورد.
inmates and staff
آموزش بدهیم
wider society of the poor
صحبت میکنم،
that we can all reexamine ourselves,
ما میتوانیم خودمان را دوباره امتحان کنیم،
بررسی کنیم،
will not take us anywhere.
ما را به هیچجایی نمیرساند.
که زندانی هستم و نبودم.
اگر من فکر کردم که میتوانیم،
by the peaceful revolutionaries
the world needs you today.
دنیا امروز به شما نیاز دارد.
each and every single one of you here,
که اینجا حضور دارید
changemakers, innovators,
تغییرآوران، مبتکران،
we have at TED,
of Martin Luther King.
به یاد داشته باشید.
in your heart and your life.
تکرار شوند.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Peter Ouko - Prison reform advocatePete Ouko champions access to justice for inmates and the indolent in Africa.
Why you should listen
Twenty years ago, Peter Ouko walked into a police station in Kenya seeking answers to the circumstances under which his wife had been found murdered and the body dumped next to the police station fence. Unbeknown to him, the hunter would soon find himself as the hunted, and in a journey through the then broken down judicial system, he found himself convicted and sent to the gallows for a crime he maintains he did not commit.
Instead of bitterness, Ouko decided to forgive his tormentors and make the best of his time in prison, becoming the first inmate to graduate with a University of London Diploma in Law while behind bars. He is currently in his final year as an LLB student in the same University.
In his dual role as an Ambassador of the African Prisons Project and Founder of the Youth Safety Awareness Initiative, Ouko today champions access to justice for inmates and the indolent in society while using social enterprise to advocate for a crime free world. His goal: to demystify justice and have a crime free world underpinned by the rule of the law.
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