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July 2009 
Rememberance II
Posted on Dec 9th, 2007
by 
jikishin
jikishin
Remembering a living friend on this Human Rights Day...
Yodon Thonden, a brilliant young lawyer with Human Rights Watch, who was among the first to call world attention to the extent of the plight of child soldiers in west Africa.
Just a few days ago the U.S. Senate passed the Human Trafficking and Child Soldiers Bill.
Grateful to Yo and all who worked to secure that important political step I want to include here one of the awareness raising videos produced by Human Rights Watch and Yo's colleague, Jo Becker.
Tens years ago, the week I asked my first wife out on a date, I'd also thought of asking Yo out. I trust that our respective roads-less-traveled (which have made all the difference) have been best for the world too.
Here's to the steps we each take in all the directions of common advancement!
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