Why Canada is a mature democracy while India is still evolving.

Please see the two news items and decide for yourselves. While Canada is concerned for the human rights of people so far away, India cannot take care of its own people.

Hats off to PM Harper for this bold move.

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Harper invites Aung San Suu Kyi to come to Canada

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/912581--harper-invites-aung-san-suu-kyi-to-come-to-canada

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper has invited the icon of Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement to Canada to personally accept her honorary citizenship.

Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace laureate, was freed from house arrest in the military-controlled country, also known as Burma, in November.

“We recognize that Aung San Suu Kyi’s immediate priority since her release from house arrest is to focus her energies on consultations and dialogue within Burma, before embarking on international travel,” said Harper in a statement.

“We hope, however, that she will be able at the appropriate time to accept our invitation.”

Suu Kyi was made an honorary Canadian citizen in 2007, and a cousin accepted on her behalf.

Suu Kyi has been detained for 15 of the last 21 years since her opposition party swept Myanmar’s elections.

The military junta’s proxy party also claimed victory in last month’s elections, the first held since Suu Kyi’s party won the vote.

Suu Kyi has refused to leave the country during other periods of freedom, fearful she will not be allowed back.

In December, she released a statement thanking the people of Canada for their support during her long incarceration. She also thanked Canada for taking in nearly 4,000 Burmese refugees since 2007.

“Canada is one of those countries which has a special place in my heart because it is very far away from Burma and yet consistently the people and the Government of Canada have shown great concern for our struggle for democracy,” she said in the statement, posted on the Canadian Friends of Burma website.

Her family ties to Canada go back farther: Suu Kyi’s mother-in-law was French-Canadian.

Earlier this month, NDP Leader Jack Layton had proposed inviting Suu Kyi to Canada to accept her honorary citizenship in person.

“I am very happy that the government has accepted our suggestion,” Layton said Monday.

“The fact that we’ve given her honorary citizenship and that it’s so widely supported by Canadians, it means that if she were able to accept the invitation to come, then it would be thrilling, I think, for all Canadians to be able to have her receive that citizenship in person.”

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http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Fearing-killers-extortion-25-Hindu-families-flee-Pakistan/729860/

Fearing killers, extortion 25 Hindu families flee Pakistan

Posted: Dec 27, 2010 at 1608 hrs IST

Islamabad Over 25 Pakistani Hindu families in Balochistan have sought political asylum in India citing growing cases of kidnapping for ransom and target killing of members the minority community in the restive province.
"As many as 27 Hindu families from Balochistan have sent applications to the Indian embassy for asylum in India," a top official at the Federal Ministry of Human Rights was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper today.

Hindus had been living in Balochistan for centuries, but in recent weeks several members of the minority community had been kidnapped or murdered, forcing them to seek asylum in India, Regional Director for the Federal Ministry of Human Rights Saeed Ahmed Khan said.

"It is a matter of great concern and urged the government to take immediate measures to improve the law and order situation in Balochistan," Khan told a seminar titled "Provincial Conference on Balochistan Crisis" in Quetta.

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Sunny Leone a true Canadian DESI now back in India !.