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Rights Groups Urge Clinton to Back Rights on Africa Trip (VOA News)
2 hours ago ago from ---- Gadaa.com Oduu – News
August 2, 2009 at 9:03 pm Human Rights Watch is urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to promote human rights, accountability and the rule of law during her seven-nation trip to Africa beginning next week. Allegations of war crimes and human rights abuses are widespread in the three East African nations Ms. Clinton is scheduled to visit. Secretary Clinton's first stop will be in Kenya, where she is expected to address the ...
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20 hours ago ago from Agora dialogue
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21 hours ago ago from false dichotomy by charles davis
Torture. Extrajudicial killings. Arbitrary detention. The United States and Iran have a lot in common, really. But there’s a key difference: while the Iranian regime tends to undertake its crimes against humanity within Iran , the U.S. does it _all over the world_, from Lithuania to Egypt, and condones and/or enables countless more abuses on the part of its allies. Predictably, though, rather than discuss that uncomfortable truth politicians ...
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