Roger Casement

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Roger Casement was an Irish diplomat and nationalist best known for exposing human rights abuses in the Congo and Peru and later being executed for his role in the 1916 Easter Rising.

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instanceOf Irish nationalist
diplomat
human
human rights activist
revolutionary
arrestedOn 1916-04-21
awardReceived Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George NERFINISHED
Knight Bachelor
birthName Roger David Casement NERFINISHED
burialPlace Dublin NERFINISHED
Glasnevin Cemetery NERFINISHED
Pentonville Prison (initial burial) NERFINISHED
causeOfAwardRevocation conviction for high treason
charge high treason
commemoratedBy Casement Aerodrome (Baldonnel) named in his honour
statues and memorials in Ireland
conversionYear 1914
convertedTo Roman Catholicism
convictedOf high treason
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfAwardRevocation 1916-06-29
dateOfBirth 1864-09-01
dateOfDeath 1916-08-03
educatedAt Ballymena Academy NERFINISHED
employer British Consular Service NERFINISHED
British Foreign Office NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Irish
knownFor exposing atrocities in the Congo Free State
exposing atrocities in the Putumayo region of Peru
involvement in the 1916 Easter Rising
the Casement Report NERFINISHED
legacy considered a martyr by many Irish nationalists
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging
memberOf Irish Republican Brotherhood NERFINISHED
Irish Volunteers NERFINISHED
name Roger Casement NERFINISHED
notableWork Casement Report on the Congo Free State NERFINISHED
Putumayo investigation report NERFINISHED
occupation activist
consul
diplomat
writer
participatedIn Easter Rising NERFINISHED
Irish independence movement NERFINISHED
placeOfArrest Banna Strand NERFINISHED
County Kerry NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth County Dublin NERFINISHED
Dublin NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London

Pentonville Prison NERFINISHED
politicalMovement Irish nationalism NERFINISHED
positionHeld British consul
British consul in Brazil
British consul in the Congo Free State
religion Roman Catholicism
remainsRepatriated 1965
sentence death
subjectOf The Black Diaries NERFINISHED
numerous biographies
triedBy High Court of Justice in England NERFINISHED

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Congo Free State critic Roger Casement