Neda Agha-Soltan - Symbol of Iran's rebellion

Neda Agha-Soltan was shot dead on 20 June 2009, during the Iran's Presidential Election protest in Teheran.

Live video of the incident was uploaded to the Internet, and the world at large witness a girl killed sparked anger across the globe.

"I openly declare that no one, apart from the government, killed Neda. Her killer can only be from the government," her father told the BBC's Persian service by telephone from Iran.

For further reading, start from Google, or Wikipedia.

Aung San Suu Kyi -- Happy belated birthday

19 June is Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday.

BBC Documentaries did a session on the eve of her birthday, worth listening. It is available here

"It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. "

--Aung San Suu Kyi 1990

Read this speech of her, Freedom from Fear, if you are interested in finding out more of her.

For more about her, goto wikipedia, for English, click here, and Chinese, click here.