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David Moynahan’s Law of Human Rights Abuse Freedom vs Silence

by Nick Horton

“Complaints of human rights abuses happen in exactly inverse proportion to the actual human rights abuses in a country.” — David Moynahan Of course, the purpose isn’t to downplay the fact that human rights abuses exist in free democracies, rather to point out the appalling silence surrounding the abuses in others. This silence is a… [Read More]

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