TheH and I are not related so why would he mind me talking about my second cousin murdered by communist troops? 
or have I misread what you wrote?
Oops! I think I misunderstood something. Ignore it.
On freedom, I love the quote from The Handmaid´s Diary by Margaret Atwood "There´s more than one kind of freedmom, there´s freedom of something and freedom from something"
Regimes usually provide sort of safety as they operate with the help of brutal police force, but anyone who dreams of freedom of expression is considered an enemy to the state. Countries respecting individual people´s freedom to speak their mind are usually less strict when it comes to penitentiary (sp?) system. Apparently criminals have their rights too.
It´s safe to talk about such things now 