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Article: Deliverance from evil. (Global Insights).(government abuse of its citizens)
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- Global Governance
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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There are many perpetrators of evil in this suffering world. This article is about the evil perpetrated by governments that, because of flawed ideology, racial hatred, or lust for power, deliberately abuse their citizens' basic human rights. It is about genocide and ethnic cleansing, forced labor, brutal and corrupt policing, torture, imprisonment without due process, and the denial of democracy.
For more than a decade, Aung San Suu Kyi has been the best-known Burmese in the world, precisely because she has been striving to deliver her compatriots from this kind of evil. Her courage and iron determination, combined with grace and gentle charm, have won worldwide ...