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Article: U.N.-IRAN: ACTIVISTS SAY LEADER NEEDS PUSH TO BETTER HUMAN RIGHTS
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- September 23, 2008
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Omid Memarian
Inter Press Service English News Wire
09-23-2008
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 and ...