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To Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in Geneva and New York Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary General Cc: Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner
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I am sending you this message with very deep sadness. Our government passed the Traditional Courts Bill. We started fighting against this bill in 1998 before
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