Cherie in Human Rights Furore Over Lecture Trip to Repressive Malaysia

Evening Standard - London › June 13, 2005

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CHERIE BLAIR faced new controversy today over a trip to Malaysia because of its human rights record.

Campaigners and opposition leaders said she should either cancel a planned law lecture there or use it to condemn the Malaysian government's record on issues such as political prosecutions and beatings of suspects.

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Cherie in Human Rights Furore Over Lecture Trip to Repressive Malaysia

The row comes after Mrs Blair was criticised for earning Pounds 30,000 for a 90-minute question-and-answer session...

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