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From Exile to Activist
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Amnesty International
- Article date:
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July 1, 2008
- Author:
- LaJoie, Ron
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How AI Country Specialist Salem A. Salem moved from political opposition to human rights activism
As a Libyan political activist in self-imposed exile during the early 1980s, Salem A. Salem got to know Sudanese students working against the regime of Sudan's President Gaafar Nimeiri. "When [the opposition leaders] seized power, they were no different than the previous regime," Salem observed. The realization that human rights transcended political currents led Salem to change the focus of his activism.
Today he chairs Amnesty International USA's North Africa Coordination Group and is AIUSA's Algeria Country Specialist. In this capacity, Salem, who has traveled extensively throughout the ...