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Article: Public Backs Strong Human Rights Policy in France
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 9, 2007
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Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
(Paris) - Eighty-seven percent of the French public believes France should play a more active role on the European scene to protect human rights worldwide, Human Rights Watch said today. At a news conference to open its' Paris office, held at Sciences-Po Paris, Human Rights Watch released the results of an opinion poll conducted by the French institute, Opinion Way. This poll showed the public wanted France to increase its commitment to human rights.
"One of our most important tools for defending human rights is our ability to persuade powerful governments to use their influence on behalf of victims," said Kenneth Roth, executive ...