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Sat 11 Nov 2009Irish urged to continue tradition of foreign aid despite hard times
THE ISSUE of human rights is too often sidelined as being difficult, overly political and someone else’s business, former president Mary Robinson said last night.
Speaking at the launch of an Amnesty International book titled From the Republic of Conscience, Mrs Robinson said there was a need to be true to the whole agenda of human rights, and that Amnesty was providing great assistance in inspiring people to take note of this agenda.
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