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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

Elysee hosts stars of human rights (1985-06-01)

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News Report

Published

1985-06-01
The Times

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"Elysee hosts stars of human rights", The Times, 01 Jun 1985, p. 6 The Times Digital Archive, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CS101159105/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=e39af040. Accessed 29 Jun 2019

Excerpt

An unprecedented two-day international conference on human rights ended here yesterday amid accusations from both the French Communists and the main Opposition parties that it was nothing more than a "show-business spectacle" organized by the Government for purely political reasons... included South African poet Breyton Breytenbach...

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