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Cuba, Jamaica: Under Siege in Burma

Thursday, September 27th, 2007 @ 13:02 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Myanmar (Burma), Cuba, Jamaica
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, History, Human Rights, Protest

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Uncommon Sense blogs about the struggle in Burma, while Montego Bay Day By Day says: “Freedom is not a thing that is earned. It is a right that is obtained at the very moment that one is deemed alive.”

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