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For those who claim Kathryn Cameron-Porter, Founder and President of Leadership Council for Human Rights, is only "pro-Hellenic" ....

The Leadership Council for Human Rights (LCHR) seeks to encourage and promote information and action campaigns on the behalf of ethnic and religious minorities, women, and other populations living under threat. LCHR also conducts intensive NGO outreach in the U.S. to create cohesion and elevate the global human rights agenda. Our philosophy, “feet in the mud, head in the sky,” illustrates our commitment to working on the ground with real people and bringing the stories of their struggles to decision makers in Washington, D.C. and around the world. LCHR’s projects are as varied as the groups we seek to serve. Our current work is based in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq and Vietnam.
Source: Idealist.org

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For those who claim Kathryn Cameron-Porter, Founder and President of Leadership Council for Human Rights, is only "pro-Hellenic" ....

The Leadership Council for Human Rights (LCHR) seeks to encourage and promote information and action campaigns on the behalf of ethnic and religious minorities, women, and other populations living under threat. LCHR also conducts intensive NGO outreach in the U.S. to create cohesion and elevate the global human rights agenda. Our philosophy, “feet in the mud, head in the sky,” illustrates our commitment to working on the ground with real people and bringing the stories of their struggles to decision makers in Washington, D.C. and around the world. LCHR’s projects are as varied as the groups we seek to serve. Our current work is based in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq and Vietnam.
Source: Idealist.org

Anyone who criticizes Turkish human-rights abuses must be anti-Turkish. Anyone who highlights the Armenian genocide or the ethnic cleansing of northern Cyprus is not defending human rights, they must be anti-Turkish. Do our belligerent neighbors not realise that in other countries there is a principle of defending human rights as a universal law - even if your own country is guilty of those crimes?

Only in Turkey, it seems, is it a crime for its own citizens to criticize Turkey. Only in Turkey is it seen as unpatriotic to defend the rights of the victims of Turkish historical aggression. Only in Turkey is national pride and identity sustained by, and wholly dependent on, ethnic cleansing and murder. This mindset is what makes Turkey so different and separates it from the rest of the civilized world.