Human rights shouldn't be sidelined at Africa summit

From Global Public Square Fri Aug 1 2014, 20:00:53

By Sarah Margon, Special to CNN Editor's note: Sarah Margon is the Washington director of Human Rights Watch. The views expressed are her own. As he stood before Ghana's parliament in July 2009, President Barack Obama set out some guiding principles to underscore his interests in Africa. "[G]overnments" he said, "that respect the will of [...]

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