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Human Rights in Iraq and Beyond
November 15, 2006
Ann Clwyd leader, Parliamentary Labour Party, UK

Ann Clwyd, the UK's Special Envoy on Human Rights in Iraq, discusses human rights in the world today.

For more than 25 years, Ann Clwyd has been a staunch supporter and campaigner for human rights around the world. A member of the British Parliament since 1984, Clwyd has served as Prime Minister Tony Blair's Special Envoy on Human Rights in Iraq since 2003. The leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, she has supported the war in Iraq on humanitarian grounds.

Politics & Public Affairs
Ann Clywd | Human Rights | Military & Warfare | European | Law & Criminal Justice | Middle Eastern
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