And we have heard it from every grieving family we have met here, "Your work is hard, you are suffering to come here to see us."

During that year of agony and the following year of my grieving, everything stopped for me.

Only when the lawyer who had shared the cell with him was released did the traumatised parents finally know of their son's whereabouts, just two days before his own release.

This is why, even when his absence is painful, there is a certain amount of pleasure even in mourning and lamentation;

It amazes me that so many countries use different colours to represent the sadness of a loved one passing.