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Donald Yamamoto: The violence, the human rights abuse, the suffering of the people in the Congo, exploitation of minerals and resources…

On the recordMarch 7, 2011
The violence, the human rights abuse, the suffering of the people in the Congo, exploitation of minerals and resources are unacceptable, and none of us should tolerate it and we will not accept it.
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Donald Yamamoto

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Yamamoto condemns violence and human rights abuses in the Congo.

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