Fiji: Women human rights defenders threatened
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Women Human Rights Defenders Human rights organisations and individuals have been threatened with violence, including rape, for speaking out on the current impasse. Imrana Jalal of The Fiji Women’s Rights Movement, and WLUML networker, received threatening phone calls last week.
Submitted on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 01:00
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