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Amnesty International
Amnesty International Urges More Protection for Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa
March 28th, 2009
Human rights activists in the Middle East and North Africa still face imprisonment, torture, persecution and repression for seeking to uphold the rights of others, more than ten years after the United Nations (U.N.) called on all states to support the work of people defending human rights, Amnesty International said in a new report, Challenging Repression. "Across the region, those who stand up for human rights and expose violations by state authorities often incur great risks by doing so," said Malcolm Smart, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program. "Governments should be heralding the crucial role of human rights defenders in promoting and defending...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-03-28)
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