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Monday, March 07, 2005
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Is US losing moral authority on human rights?
Experts say prisoner abuses, war in Iraq undermine effectiveness of State Department human rights report.
By Tom Regan Jim
Bencivenga--> csmonitor.comNormally when the US State Department issues its annual report on human rights abuses around the world, those nations named in the report can be counted on to dismiss any claims made in the report. But the chorus of those damning the State Department's effort this year have been much louder and more aggressive because of one country these critics claim the report excluded - the United States itself.
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Experts say prisoner abuses, war in Iraq undermine effectiveness of State Department human rights report.
By Tom Regan Jim
Bencivenga--> csmonitor.comNormally when the US State Department issues its annual report on human rights abuses around the world, those nations named in the report can be counted on to dismiss any claims made in the report. But the chorus of those damning the State Department's effort this year have been much louder and more aggressive because of one country these critics claim the report excluded - the United States itself.
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