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On the recordJuly 11, 2016
If the basic human rights of people for simply being who they are makes them targets in the United States, sadly, serious and sometimes deadly human rights abuses exist in nations all over the world.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline connects domestic and global human rights issues.

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