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16 January 2008: Rights of Passage – In late September George W. Bush stood before the U.N. General Assembly and extolled a document whose sixtieth anniversary is being commemorated in a yearlong advocacy campaign that began December 10. >>
Bring Defenders into your Classroom
womanThe human rights defenders featured here represent history in the making: they are courageously leading the way to a more just and equitable global society. What better role models for our students?

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man Zainah Anwar
Malaysia's leading feminist sets Qur'anic record straight. Read more >		 Gerard Jean-Juste
Haitian priest eager to return home.
Read more >		 woman Jessica Montell
Israeli defender probes abuses in Occupied Territories. Read more >
 anonymous Anonymous Defenders
Numerous un-nameable defenders affected by U.S. policy. Read more >