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Long Road a book for ages

Long Road a book for ages

Flare24 maart 2009 – 18:42

“Long Road” is the compelling story of hope against despair, and a boy’s will to give meaning to his life. It’s a courageous message to humanity to say NO to wars and with the devastating effects. Wars reconcile nothing and unless people themselves refuse to go to war, as Albert Einstein posits, we may be all consumed by it. Replace "its...." with the .devastating effects it leaves in its aftermath.

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‘’Long Road’’ by Bruce Cerew is a book that chronicles the tales of child abuse, human trafficking and war; as seen through the eye of a boy’; Ray, the protagonist of horrors of the conflicts in Sierra Leone and Liberia. The book paints a true picture of the plight of refugees and the horrors they are so atrociously forced upon by lending credence to the voices of the maimed men, women, and children scarred and ravaged by war.

The FLARE European Social Campaign “Season of Legality” takes off on March 21 in Naples, Italy, on the occasion of the XIV Day of Memory and Commitment in Remembrance of Victims of Organized Crime.
The demonstration is beyond doubt the largest social event in Italy. Every year, tens of thousands people take part in it. Libera, the promoter of the event, is formed by over 1.200 associations and it represents a concrete commitment for those thousands people in Italy who are interested in the fight against mafias and organized crime.

FLARE participate for the second time and Ilya Politkovskaja (Anna Politkovskaja’s son), Bruce Cerew, author ‘’Long Road’/ ‘’War Chid’’ victim of war and child abuse. Sengül Balikçi (her husband was Hasan Balikçi, an engineer who worked for a long time for the Turkish Electric Company TEDAS, he was killed by several gunshots in 2002), Isoke Aikpitanyi (29, Nigerian, she was victim of human traffickers on her way to Europe and now living and working in Aosta, Italy, for ten years; she is author of “Le Ragazze di Benin City, la tratta delle nuove schiave dalla Nigeria ai marciapiedi d’Italia” - “Girls of Benin City, new slaves from Nigeria to Italian sidewalks”), Alexander Ivanov (Bulgarian editor from FrogNews, an online heading in which Ognyan Stefanow worked when he was beaten almost to death by four men of a Bulgarian organized crime group).

The event is organized by Libera and FLARE participate with one delegate per each member organization. “Season of Legality” lasts from March 21 until May 12, 2009, and it takes place in all 30 countries represented in the FLARE Network.