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with repressive governments is too often an excuse for doing nothing about human rights.
Monday, Jan. 24, 2011

Open quoteDialogue and cooperation with repressive governments is too often an excuse for doing nothing about human rights.Close quote

  • KENNETH ROTH,
  • executive director of Human Rights Watch, which has decried what it calls the increasing use of soft measures by democratic countries without any guarantees to ensure that changes occur in authoritarian regimes
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