Teresa Machan found Burma - and the country's most famous dissident - filled with optimism.

Thai Binh is also the homeland of several famous Vietnamese political dissidents and humanitarians.

DemPU was founded in 1990 by a group of famous Ukrainian dissidents.

Those two famous dissidents were sentenced to long prison terms, then later sent to exile in the United States.

But visitors should visit Burma "with their eyes open", according to the famous dissident.

So when famous Chinese dissidents get religion, they deserve to be taken seriously.

We are about to see a film of the famous dissident and Christian convert I have come to meet.

He married Larisa Bogoraz who later also became a famous dissident.

Since then, many of the most famous dissidents have been absorbed into American life, playing less visible roles than they did before.

This makes him one of the trio of the world's most famous dissidents -individuals who come to personalize and symbolize freedom.