A former soldier in the United States Army, the Puerto Rican native wrote protest poems and plays about civil rights issues in America.

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but as we all know, San Francisco is recognized for being in the forefront of gay rights issues.

但你也知道旧金山一直支持同性恋的合法权益。

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And they just bring awareness to human rights issues around the world.

他们正在努力提高全世界对人权的关注。

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"Buddhist priests and monks that raise human rights issues are targeted,"

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Nigeria has served three times before. Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe said his country would work to prevent crises and conflicts, deal with human rights issues and generally promote international solidarity.

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The government says it will now work with a new umbrella organization called the Civil Society Coalition on Land to push ahead on land rights issues including biofuels, environmental management, and sanitation.

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The International Monetary Fund last week released the second payment of a controversial The United States, which has the largest voting share on the IMF's executive board, was seen as attempting to delay the huge loan to pressure Sri Lanka to address human rights issues in the country.

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The "Humanitarian Action Report" discusses several issues that UNICEF says increasingly threaten the basic rights of women and children.

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She says states rights, economic and social inequalities between the south and north and other issues were debated.

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Other songs deal with issues like racism,women's rights, Israeli economics, class divisions and politics.

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The thing about the Titanic experience, what happened with the Titanic experience and the recognition she got from the New York Times in particular was that it gave her a platform from which to talk about some of the political and social issues -- miners rights,womens rights, the development of the juvenile court system, that sort of thing.

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In the July meetings several groups held talks with leaders,including Thailand, to raise issues of rights abuses in Burma.

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They feature real Muslims,not models, and say that the Prophet Muhammad believed in women's rights, environmental issues and social justice.

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"Teddy has led the fight on the most important issues of our time: civil rights,social justice, and economic opportunity,".

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The president said the United States is prepared to engage in a dialogue with the Cuban government that includes human rights, free speech,democratic reform, migration,and economic issues.

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Other issues rights groups want to raise with leaders include the impact of climate change on communities and the effect investment projects would have in Burma and other countries.

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It says this deferral indicates a lack of political will to deal with issues of accountability for violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Gaza and southern Israel.

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"It certainly seems, that the administration is trying to address issues of human rights a little less, to work more on economic issues, and other global issues such as climate change,".

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The Congressionally-mandate report covering 189 countries and territories includes sharp criticism of the record on religious issues by countries also listed by the United States as major human rights violators, including Iran and North Korea.

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But groups say they are pessimistic about the effectiveness of reforms, that include adoption of a human rights charter and the setting up of a rights commission to oversee issues of abuses in Southeast Asia.

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