Arega Kassa Zelelew, Ethiopia
"I have spent my life in segregation, which I believe is a life better than the dead but worse than the living. Today the curtain of segregation is opened up for me. I was given support and confidence which I consider as being reborn.
"I have to go back now to my country and spread the word. We can be free."
Arega Kassa Zelelew, Ethiopia, at the United Nations wearing the Kan Toh Shoh (Fighting Spirit) Award which he received from Yohei Sasakawa. Photo by Pamela Parlapiano
