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===Human Rights===

===Human Rights===

In Africa, ethnic cleansing plagued the nations of Kwanda (where the Tutsi minority was slaughtered by the Hutu majority) and in the Middle East, where the nomadic Kurds have been persecuted by Turks, Iranians and, most recently, Iraqis.  The former Yugoslavia has also been accused of ethnic cleansing.

In Africa, ethnic cleansing plagued the nations of Rwanda (where the Tutsi minority was slaughtered by the Hutu majority) and in the Middle East, where the nomadic Kurds have been persecuted by Turks, Iranians and, most recently, Iraqis.  The former Yugoslavia has also been accused of ethnic cleansing.

International, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) formed in the 1960s to combat human rights abuses.  The most prominent is Amnesty International, which has sought release of political prisoners and also opposed use of the death penalty.  Sometimes these groups can obtain publicity and world pressure more effectively than governments can.  But these groups are often biased in what they complain about, and rarely publicize human rights abuses by communist or Islamic governments.  The persecution of Christians is unlikely to generate any outrage by NGOs or the press, unless (as in Afghanistan) the persecution is an embarrassment to Republicans.

International, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) formed in the 1960s to combat human rights abuses.  The most prominent is Amnesty International, which has sought release of political prisoners and also opposed use of the death penalty.  Sometimes these groups can obtain publicity and world pressure more effectively than governments can.  But these groups are often biased in what they complain about, and rarely publicize human rights abuses by communist or Islamic governments.  The persecution of Christians is unlikely to generate any outrage by NGOs or the press, unless (as in Afghanistan) the persecution is an embarrassment to Republicans.