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An inter-high school human rights advocacy group has been set up in Liberia, the acting executive director of the Movement for the Defence of Human Rights (MODHAR) told IRIN on Tuesday.
The group’s establishment - at a one-day workshop on human rights on Saturday - is an attempt to address what is seen as “urban exclusivity” and give rural students an opportunity to participate in the debate surrounding human rights issues, Aloysious Toe of MODHAR told IRIN on Tuesday.
“They want to become active participants in advocating human rights,” he said.
The group aims to set up listening and discussion groups, roundtable discussions and other activities in high schools throughout Liberia.
Saturday’s workshop, Toe said, trained some 200 students from schools human rights clubs who, under the guidance of 50 teachers, will train other students in Liberian schools.
Speakers at the workshop - at which the teachers were also trained - included Steven Wilson, executive director of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission and Frederick Jayweh, president of the Civil Rights Association of Liberian Lawyers.
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