The cruel and tragic deaths of the four American church people over 2 years ago in El Salvador first introduced Americans to the ugly viciousness that has been the daily lot for El Salvadorans for generations. Murder is the ultimate denial of human rights. but the daily indignities of poverty. perpetuated by privilege and enforced by violence. are the cancer that threatens the entire region with civil strife and anarchy. In Asia. a steady stream of refugees demonstrated to the world what the consequences are of systematic violations of human rights in Cambodia. Vietnam. and China. The imprisonment of intellectuals. labor leaders. students and others in countries like Korea are but another blight on the map of the Asian Continent.
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