Forwarded Statement

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The following represents the considered view of professors at colleges and universities throughout North America whose thoughts are with Korea and Korea’s democracy. In light of recent developments in South Korea, we, the undersigned, cannot but express grave concern. Nurtured by the toils and sacrifice of many, democracy is a proud asset of the Korean […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Universal Periodic Review Forum of Bangladesh, a coalition of 17 human rights, women’s rights, labour and indigenous people’s rights NGOs from Bangladesh. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Universal Periodic Review Forum of Bangladesh, a coalition of […]

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The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists is following up with deep concern the developments of the deteriorated conditions of human rights activists and civil society in Syria, where the security authorities used to pursue them and accuse them with false charges and under a flimsy and flexible legal texts which enabling it to blast […]

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