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By the end of this first year of the global awakening, we have already seen peaceful and successful elections in Tunisia and, earlier this week, in Egypt -- where the turn-out for the first truly democratic elections there for decades has exceeded everybodys expectations, despite the shocking upsurge in violence in Tahrir Square. Today, as in the past, editorial and financial factors as well as access determine whether or not protests, and repression of protests, are televised or reported in newspapers around the world. But, wherever it happens, you can now guarantee it will be tweeted on Twitter, posted on Facebook, broadcast on Youtube, and uploaded onto the internet. Governments no longer hold the ability to monopolize the dissemination of information and censor what it says. Instead we are seeing real lives in real struggle, broadcast in real time and it is in many ways an exhilarating sight. In sum, in 2011, human rights went viral. On Human Rights Day 2011, I urge everyone, everywhere to join in the internet and social media campaign my office has launched to help more people know, demand and defend their human rights. It is a campaign that should be maintained so long as human rights abuses continue. Navi Pillay
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