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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

U.N. Official Derides U.S. Government for Not Protecting Protestors' Rights

As I mentioned in a previous post, the United Nations official responsible for tracking human rights violations has criticized the U.S. federal government for not standing up for the rights of protestors in the Occupy Movement to demonstrate. While upholding the need for civil authority, he asks if persons cannot peacefully demonstrate in the United States where can they?

Consult this web page for further information:
http://www.truth-out.org/news-thom-hartmann/1323104477

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