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Terrorists: Human Rights or Double Standards?

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May 28, 2009
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The US-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) Asia Director, Brad Adams, says that "The people trapped in the SWAT conflict zone face a humanitarian catastrophe unless the Pakistani military immediately lifts a curfew."

About 200,000 people are trapped but an astounding 2.3 million people are now affected by military operations only 120 kilometers from Isl…

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