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Persons with disabilities ‘forgotten victims' of Syrian conflict - UN committee

The two and a half-year conflict in Syria has made persons with disabilities extremely vulnerable to gross rights violations on a daily basis, a United Nations committee said today, stressing the need for greater protection of their rights.

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