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Article: U.N.-IRAN: ACTIVISTS SAY LEADER NEEDS PUSH TO BETTER HUMAN RIGHTS.
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- Interpress Service
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- September 23, 2008
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By Omid Memarian
UNITED NATIONS, Sep. 22, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- A day before Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was to address world leaders at the United Nations, human rights activists criticized his government's record and urged the international community to hold the president accountable during his visit to New York.
At a news conference Monday held by Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, activists stressed that basic human rights protections in Iran have deteriorated to new lows.
"The most urgent in relation to human rights in Iran is repression of civil society across the board, journalists, academics ...