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AI index: ASA 23/018/2009
Embargoed until 00.01 10 September 2009
Demand Dignity for victims of land disputes and evictions
Today Amnesty International is introducing its new global Demand Dignity campaign in Cambodia, to mark the launch of "Losing Ground", a book by and about communities affected by forced evictions and land disputes.
The Demand Dignity campaign underlines that poverty is the world's worst human rights crisis. Human rights abuses drive and deepen poverty. People living in poverty are excluded from the societies they live in, denied a say in processes that determine their own futures, and face violence and insecurity.
Respect for human rights demands inclusion and requires the recognition that everyone has the right to live in dignity, and the right to food, water, basic healthcare, education and shelter.
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