“Beyond the confines of my tiny country, my words seem to count for little, just as the anguished cry of my people still astonishingly leaves you mute and deaf. So I will continue to write until the silence is pierced.”

Excerpts of Open Letter to the Leaders Of G-7 Nations (2002)

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