A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us. (Kafka)

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All countries in the world claim they are democracies with the exception of four countries!

-They are Vatican City, Saudi Arabia, Burma and Brunei

While the above 4 are not democracies; there are more than 100 countries that are not democratic.

Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for his 2 decade struggle for human rights in China. He was a leading author behind Charter 08, the manifesto of such rights in China which was published on the 60th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 10th of December 2008.

In 2009, Liu was sentenced to 11 years in prison! His crime….wielding a pen tied to thoughts.