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A step in the right direction. Selam kidane. Policy cartoon 10 - search ID rjo0242.
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A step in the right direction Selam kidane
If I could be you and you could be me for just one hour If we could find a way to get inside each other's mind If you could see me through your eyes instead…I believe you'd be surprised to see that you'd been blind. Joe South
…it is freezing cold. Condensation drips from the roof and slides down my cheek, and when it moistens my lips I taste rust. The air is thick with a dirty metallic tang, the ever-present stench of the bucket in the corner, and the smell of close-pressed, unwashed bodies.
Sometimes I cannot believe that this is my life: these four metal walls, all of us corralled like cattle, the pain, the hunger, the fear…
thousands flee, despite a shoot-to-kill policy for escapees. Some pick their way through the mined and patrolled border with Ethiopia. Others cross the Sahara on foot to Sudan, Egypt or Libya, but have found little hope of sanctuary
It is justice, not charity, which is wanting in the world. Mary Shelley
“Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.” Nelson Mandela