It is our obligation as free peoples to stand with courageous individuals who raise their voices to demand universal rights.
Barack Obama: “It is our obligation as free peoples to stand with courageous individuals who raise their voices to demand universal…”
On the recordDecember 8, 2014
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Proclamation 9219—Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week
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