Amnesty International annual human rights report [AI]

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Amnesty International annual human rights report [AI]

May 28, 2009 09:22:00 am

Amnesty International Report 2009: The State of the World's Human Rights, Amnesty International, May 28, 2009 [detailing human rights abuses worldwide and concluding that the global economic crisis is exacerbating the world's human rights failures]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

AI annual report 2009

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