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  • New Network Formed to Protect Human Rights in U.S.

    12/11/2003 2:02:59 PM PST · by nypokerface · 15 replies · 208+ views
    OneWorld ^ | 12/11/03 | Jim Lobe
    WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 10 (OneWorld US) -- U.S. civil-liberties and social justice groups marked International Human Rights Day Wednesday by launching a new ''U.S. Human Rights Network'' dedicated to raising awareness about international human rights standards and focusing attention on the U.S. failure to enforce them. More than 50 groups, ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) to New York-based Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), said they had agreed to join forces to address what they said was ''the alarming rate of human rights violations in the U.S.,'', particularly as it pursues its ''war on terrorism''. The groups...