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Press Advisory

December 6, 2000

Internet live transmission

 

NEWS CONFERENCE: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will hold a news conference on Friday, December 8, after the close of a weeklong special session on reforming the inter-American human rights system and other issues.

At the news conference, members of the Commission will also discuss the current situation in Peru, the hunger strike being carried out by prisoners at La Tablada in Argentina, and this month’s scheduled execution of a federal prisoner in the United States.

What: News conference, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

When:
Friday, December 8, 3 p.m.

Where: Organization of American States

17th St. & Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, D.C.

For further information, please contact Lucrecia Baracat (202-458-6824) or Janelle Conaway (202-458-6841).

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