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Human Rights - False Choices?

Salil Shetty, Secretary-General, Amnesty International

31-May-16 08:05

Human Rights - False Choices?

Amnesty International is one of the world's most established human rights NGO's, having been founded in 1961. As co-chair of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN being held in Kuala Lumpur this year, Shetty challenges the conventional wisdom and "false choices" governments in the region often give their citizens when framing human rights debates.


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Tags:  Amnesty International,  NGO,  WEF,  World Economic Forum,  ASEAN


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