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US encouraging refugees to help human rights cases

By Eric Tucker
Published May 12, 2014 8:12pm ET
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US encouraging refugees to help human rights cases
In this April 30, 2014 photo, Kathleen O'Connor, deputy chief of human rights and special prosecutions section at the Department of Justice, center, speaks to Mohamed Nur, left, with Della Lamb Community Services, of Kansas City, Mo., and Ibrahim Hussein with the East African Community of Orange County, Calif., who are both originally from Somalia, during an event for refugee advocates at the Holiday Inn in Arlington, Va. Justice Department representatives are speaking to immigrant communities to seek their help and coordination in identifying human rights abusers from abroad who have a connection to the United States. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Ethiopian jail guard suspected of torturing and maiming political prisoners during that country’s “Red Terror” era came to the United States in 2004 under a false identity, seeking asylum and claiming he would be persecuted if he returned home.

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