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HRW publishes criticism of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iran; but vague on UNHRC abuses

An interview with Human Rights Watchs Advocacy Director, Geneva, Julie de Rivero. More than once she avoids the question of which countries sit on the HRC. Worse, she refuses to criticize the new Universal Periodic Review process. Meanwhile, human rights activists from the countries concerned were far more honest, as was the HRW rep in New York, Peggy Hicks: http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN025236.html and http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g0Pnbc86gYgPnVWZQiulqigxqqBA

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