Ms. Patricia Malikail at the Subcommittee on International Human Rights

On February 7th, 2012. See this statement in context.

February 7th, 2012 / 1:50 p.m.

Director General, Africa Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

I think it's safe to say that a number of international organizations—Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and other countries' observers—would say that they don't meet international standards as far as human rights are concerned on a number of fronts, including freedom of assembly and freedom of the press.

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