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Jul. 24, 2007

Lobbying Sacramento for Survivors of Torture

Lobbyists from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips have been walking the hallways of the state Capitol, drumming up support for torture-treatment centers in California.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SACRAMENTO - Everyday, hundreds of thousands of survivors of foreign political torture quietly struggle in the United States to maintain their composure while engaging in routine daily tasks.
      Simple trips to the doctor can leave them cowering in a corner of an examining room. Yet their plight is virtually unknown.
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