"We have no voice. You have to be our voice.

You have to tell people outside our country what they're doing to us."

She glanced around the street, then returned her fearless gaze to me.

I was rooted to the spot. I was to be the "witness" and she had given me a clear task.

I failed her. I was given a responsibility for that, now forty years later,

Ican finally face. I hope I'm not too late.

- From the prologue