Saturday 13 November 2010

For those who believe in human rights and freedom of speech

Aung San Suu Kyi has been released a few hours ago after 15 years of detention. I feel that this is one of the most joyful moments of the year for the entire world. Suu Kyi: a woman that is an example of courage, and an inspiration for all those people that fight for democracy and respect of human rights. A woman that, because her beliefs, was isolated for years, denied the use of the internet, phone and access to post. A woman that was not allowed to see her husband before he died of cancer. A woman who has been a part from her two children for 10 years. All of this because she has been fighting for a country whose regime forbids freedom of speech and still detains more than 2000 political prisoners. The journey towards Burma's democracy is still long, however I want believe, I HOPE this historical moment is a step closer to the end of one of the last-official-dictatorships in the world.

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