Report 2007 [Amnesty International]

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Report 2007 [Amnesty International]

May 23, 2007 02:11:00 pm

Amnesty International Report 2007: the state of the world's human rights, Amnesty International, March 23, 2007 [condemning the US and other Western democratic states for their attempts to roll back some fundamental principles of human rights in their efforts to combat terrorism]. Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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