Great Testimony from Amnesty International

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March 12, 2008

This is from the recent Senate hearing posted earlier here.

Human rights concerns not the priority for US policy makers in Horn of Africa

Fredriksson 2008

(Centering Human Rights in U.S. Policy on Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Subcommittee on African Affairs, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Testimony by Lynn Fredriksson, Advocacy Director for Africa, Amnesty International USA March 11, 2008, http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2008/FredrikssonTestimony080311a.pdf)

There has been a dearth of consideration for serious human rights and humanitarian concerns throughout the Horn of Africa by U.S. policy makers, with dire consequences. As described in this testimony, trends indicate that violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea are worsening, not improving.

Evidence

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