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Amnesty International Head Irene Khan on "The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights"

Saturday marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The poverty rate here in the United States has now risen to 13.2 percent, the highest level in eleven years. And around the world, two billion people, or a full third of humanity, are poor, living on less than $2 a day. One billion live in extreme poverty, earning less than $1 a day. The latest numbers from the United Nations indicate that over a billion people are also going hungry. Irene Khan argues that these harsh numbers alone dont tell the whole story. Poverty, the book argues, must be recognized as the worlds worst human rights crisis.

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