On July 12 Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Mike Posner, gave a elaborate statement before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the House of Representatives. Of course, we are biased because Mike was for many years the founder-leader of the NGO Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, now called Human Rights First. It is clear that he has not lost his sharpness in this overview of the Syrian situation..
Assistant Secretary Posner’s Testimony on Syria « humanrights.gov.
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 
July 14, 2011 at 18:54
I really liked the way he put it.
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July 14, 2011 at 23:28
by the way hans: congrats on your birthday!
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