human rights

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Both NGOs and the United Nations have criticised breaches of human rights in the country on his watch.

From Barron's

He successfully lobbied for laws in the U.S., the U.K. and European Union that provide financial sanctions against crooked foreign officials and human rights violators.

From Barron's

No date for the report’s release has been set, leaving human rights advocates fearing the issues will not get the attention and funding they deserve.

From Los Angeles Times

The human rights advocate said one of her clients was held in a police station with dozens of others, but reported seeing many people released hourly - many of them French nationals.

From BBC

We cannot verify their accounts, but they are similar to the hundreds of interviews done by human rights groups over the past two decades.

From BBC