Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 13:16
Some human rights in Greece are "are under threat or being undermined" by Athens's harsh austerity measures to meet the requirements of its international bail-out, a UN-mandated expert said Friday.
Socio-economic rights such as the right to work, social security, healthcare and housing were being negatively affected by the bail-out conditions imposed since 2010 by the EU, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank, Cephas Lumina, the independent expert on the impact of foreign debt to the UN Human Rights Commissioner, said in a speech in Athens.
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