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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9911
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/human rights

Recession causes more human rights violations

Brussels, 29/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - In its 2009 report on human rights in the world, published on Thursday 28 May, Amnesty International (AI) highlights the severe consequences of the economic crisis when it comes to human rights. Irene Khan, AI Secretary General says: “The world is sitting on a social, political and economic time bomb fuelled by a human rights crisis”. Information gathered in 157 countries reveals that billions of people suffer from a lack of security and justice,...

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