Kate Saunders
Communications Director for the International Campaign for Tibet
Posted: January 31, 2011 01:55 PM

Celebrating a Compassionate Friend: David/Sonia Burgess

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-saunders/celebrating-a-compassiona_b_809229.html

The day of one of the most significant Buddhist festivals commemorating the descent of Buddha from heaven back to earth to serve all sentient beings was an appropriate moment to offer prayers for our friend David Burgess, who died last October.

David's death on October 25 last year made front-page news due to the circumstances -- he fell under a train at King's Cross tube station in London and a murder charge has followed. But it is a testimony to him that even the most graphic tabloid coverage also paid tribute to his trail-blazing legal work that literally saved lives.