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Some dismayed at Obama indecision on human rights

The Obama administration is refusing to participate in United Nations reviews of the human rights records of several major countries, angering activists and others who fear the president may be backing down on campaign pledges to make the issue a priority.

U.S. diplomats in Geneva have remained silent in discussions now ongoing at the U.N.

Human Rights Council, which is reviewing the records of 16 nations, including Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Russia. Those four countries have repeatedly been cited in the past by U.S. presidential administrations for human rights abuses....

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Source: breitbart