After 270 days as a hostage in Algeria – ROSSELLA URRU IS FREE!
Freedom.
Bentornata a paradiso Rossella. Siamo sempre con te.
Now I leave you in peace … Welcome home Rossella. We are always with you.
I will carry your courage deep in my heart, for eternity.
Siamo sempre con te. Non mollare. Forza Rossella.
Amdist all the terrorist bombings and earthquakes which Italy has braved in the last few weeks, one thing remains clear: Rossella Urru is still in the hands of terrorists.
We cannot forget her struggles, we cannot forget the pain her family is living, we cannot forget about Rossella Urru.
Freedom for Rossella Urru. Freedom for all.
Every day we carry your courage in our hearts.
Thoughts of you dance in the minds of citizens, worldwide.
Support and calls for freedom sung in silent choirs.
When will the silent become heard, when will the madness end?
Forza Rossella. Siamo sempre con te.
Freedom for women who haven’t the voice. Freedom for those not strong enough to fight the battle.
Here is something I wish I could be part of. However, Cagliari is a three-hour drive for me, and I don’t drive. I hope by sharing this message of freedom that more people will be inclined to show up in support for Rossella Urru.
For more information about this flash mob, please see their Facebook page: Flash Mob Rossella Urru Libera!
Are you going?
Today marks 152 Days without your freedom.
Today you will spend your 30th birthday in captivity, in the hands of terrorists, in the eyes of uncertainty.
My hope for you Rossella is that you find a moment of peace, within yourself, to gather the courage to keep fighting this lengthy fight.
Your family, friends and strangers from around the world salute you.
Raise your glass for the women and men who have come before us, raise your glass to the women and men fighting the good fight in the hands of terrorists.
Buon Compleanno beautiful woman. My thoughts and wishes sail across the ocean and into your heart.
Speaking with a local Sardinian woman the other day, who happens to follow my blog, she asked me why I wrote an article on Rossella Urru and why it’s important to me.
Free Rossella. Rossella Urru is 29 years old and is a volunteer. She was abducted in Algeria on 22 OCtober 2011.
At the time I couldn’t find the right words to convey my thoughts on this urgent matter. It has taken me over twenty-four hours to get my thoughts straight, and here is my answer:
We are all Rossella Urru’s and Kristen French’s. We are all women who are still struggling to survive in this manly world.
We are all freedom, unless that freedom has been stolen from us.
It’s time to stop this madness, it’s time to bring ALL the children home, safe, back in their mothers arms.
Freedom for Rossella Urru.
It’s been one hundred and three years since the first International Women’s Day was observed in the United States. Today around the world men and women will join hands in solidarity, peace and equality.
As of today, Rossella Urru has been held hostage in Algeria for 138 days, 8 hours, and 41 minutes.
When you reflect on the women in your life today, please take a moment to say a prayer for those women, in 2012, who have had their freedom so brutally taken.
Blessed be.
There is much speculation on the release of Rossella Urru. Was Twitter a flurry with only a rumour yesterday afternoon? I hope not. It’s time to bring this beautiful young woman home.
Videolinea reports (Sardinia’s news channel) – Rossella’s release is still not officially confirmed. 8:02pm (Rome).
There lies much mystery surrounding the release of Rossella Urru. Her family has NOT confirmed her release.
Twitter went a buzz yesterday afternoon with news that maybe Rossella was free. That rumour seems to be just that, a rumour.
Let us not forget. Bring all the lost and stolen children home.
Blessed be.
Rossella Urru is a 29-year-old woman from Sardinia, Italy. On the evening of 22 – 23 October 2011, she was kidnapped (along with two colleagues) in Algeria. She was working for the company International Committee for the Development of Peoples (CISP).
There is a wonderful Italian blog dedicated to Rossella Urru, where you can leave/read letters of support, up-to-date recent press releases and poems written for Rossella by family, friends and strangers.
The blog is a meeting point for the immediate liberation of Rossella Urru.
It is time to bring Rossella Urru home.
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