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Human rights activists front row from right, Sister Crescencial Lucero of the Philippines, Sinapan Samydorai of Singapore, Manichanh Philaphanh of Laos and Khin Ohmar of Myanmar talk with journalists outside the media center after their meeting with ASEAN leaders in Cha-Am, southern Thailand Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Southeast Asian nations inaugurated a pivotal human rights commission Friday which was immediately blasted by civil society representatives who walked out of a meeting to protest being cold-shouldered by five regional regimes. (AP) |