Asean opens up after rights pact secrecy outcry

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AFP, July 8, 2012

THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) said Sunday it would release “key elements” of a proposed human rights declaration after international rights watchdogs slammed secrecy surrounding the document.

The decision was reached after Asean foreign ministers met with members of the bloc’s human rights commission, which is drafting the declaration, a senior diplomat said in Phnom Penh.

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