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Human Rights Groups, Environmentalists Oppose New Federal Prison on Former Coal Mine in Kentucky
Human Rights Groups, Environmentalists Oppose New Federal Prison on Former Coal Mine in Kentucky
by Panagioti Tsolkas
On March 30, 2015, organizations and individuals from across the country joined the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), PLN’s parent organization, in filing a comment opposing a plan by the …
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