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30/03/2011

PRESS RELEASE
JAPAN SUPPORTS GRASS-ROOT PROJECTS IN KHATLON REGION

Dushanbe, TAJIKISTAN

On 30th March 2011, Mr. Takuya TAMAI, Third Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Tajikistan will attend two handover ceremonies in Kurgantube city and Panj district for two grass-root projects. Mr. Sharifkhon SAMIEV, Chairperson of Kurgantube city and Mr. Umar YOROV, Director of Kurgantube Social Rehabilitation Center of the Tajikistan Blind Society, will attend the handover ceremony at Kurgantube Social Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Abdujon TAVAKALOV, Acting Chairperson of Panj district will attend the handover ceremony at the secondary school No.24 in Tojiksoi village, Namuna jamoat of Panj district. The total amount of the two projects is US$ 169,737.

24/03/2011

The Secretary-General
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Message on the International Day for the Right to the Truth of Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations
24 March 2011

Thirty-one years ago on this date, Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, an active promoter and defender of human rights in El Salvador, was murdered while conducting a service at church. The intent was clear: to silence an ardent opponent of repression.

Today, the first International Day for the Right to the Truth of Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, we pay tribute to Monsignor Romero’s work and to that of all human rights defenders around the world.