Political violence that creates the impression of mere street crime is never easy to prove, unlike jail terms of several years, and therefore it does not receive due attention from the world. However, thousands of former political prisoners in central and eastern Europe can attest to the fact that a kick from a secret policeman on the street hurts just as much as a kick from a warden behind prison gates.
政治暴行仅仅让人想到街头犯罪，与处以几年监禁不一样，从来就难以得到证明，因此也没有得到世界各国应有的关注。然而，在中欧和东欧数以千记的政治犯可以证明下列事实：秘密警察在街头上的暴行造成的伤害与监狱里看守人的虐待造成的伤害一样严重。