Some of those activists participated in the Human Rights Accords in Dayton Ohio, a two-day conference to help raise awareness about the problems victims face.

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"Buddhist priests and monks that raise human rights issues are targeted,"

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With due regard for the politics of the possible, she wrote a mild article urging Elliot Abrams, a Reagan administration official whom she knew well as a fellow supporter of Soviet dissidents, to use quiet diplomacy, at least, to raise human-rights concerns during a forthcoming visit to Ankara.

ECONOMIST: Human rights

While it's still a concept, the company's so-called BeMoved coffee machine promises to finally bring the disparate worlds of hot beverages and motion control together at last, and do nothing short of raise "human interaction with a coffee machine to a higher level" in the process.

ENGADGET: BeMoved coffee machine will make you jump for your caffeine fix

The Prize was also established to raise awareness of equity and human rights, particularly among decision-makers.

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