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IRENE KHAN AT TOKYO SYMPOSIUM

Irene Khan, Secretary General of the Amnesty International, addresses a ..keynote speech at the symposium "Human Rights, Women and Conflicts: What ..Should Japan Do in Asia and beyond" at the Sophia University in Tokyo on ..June 3rd 2005. She became the first female, Asian and Muslim secretary ..general of this international body in 2001. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori)

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