Desmond TutuMy message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma
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My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma. The most dangerous place in Burma is not in prison; it’s not in the streets; it’s not even in S-21, where thousands of people were tortured and killed. Burma is dangerous because if you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem. If you are neutral, then you are supporting the wrong side.
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