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DUBAI – Arab governments committed serious human rights violations in the past year, including repression of human rights advocates and failure to protect migrant workers, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday.
“The combination of political tensions and economic downturn has brought a heightened hostility toward human rights in a number of Middle Eastern countries in 2009, in some cases reaching crisis proportions,” Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director for Human Rights Watch, said in a statement released at a press conference in Dubai.
“Instead of cracking down on people seeking their rights, these countries need to crack down on abuse and discrimination.
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