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Greater Efforts To Ensure Rights Of Afghans

Source: Scoop

Kabul : Afghanistan | 12 months ago

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UN Officials Urge Greater Efforts To Ensure Rights Of Afghan Detainees New York, Dec 1 2008 5:10PM Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan have urged the Government to look at alternatives to imprisonment as well as ways to ensure the rights of detainees, citing the growing number of people...

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Greater Efforts To Ensure Rights Of Afghans

News Source: Scoop | 12 months ago

UN Officials Urge Greater Efforts To Ensure Rights Of Afghan Detainees New York, Dec 1 2008 5:10PM Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan have urged the Government to look at alternatives to imprisonment as well as ways to ensure the rights...