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UDHR60: Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression
By: Sameer Padania
Posted: Dec 10 08
Witnessed: 2919 times
Regions: Guatemala
Issues: Indigenous peoples, Labor, Violence
Tags: frank la rue, freedom of opinion and expression, GFMD08, Guatemala, special rapporteur, testimony, TRC, udhr60
Frank La Rue is the UN's Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and answers our question "What image opened your eyes to human rights?"
Frank is a Guatemalan human rights lawyer, and has served as special adviser on human rights to the President of Guatemala. Here he talks about two episodes in Guatemala that will stay with him forever.
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