This is surprisingly powerful. It personalizes people who (I assume) lost their lives asking for freedoms that we take for granted. "Martyr" is probably the wr

This is surprisingly powerful. It personalizes people who (I assume) lost their lives asking for freedoms that we take for granted. "Martyr" is probably the wrong word to use, given its religious connotations and the political spin around that at the moment. But this is a minor point.