Read the passage, and then choose words or phrases given below to fill blanks in the text.
The history of the human rights 1)……., which developed in Russia along with the Jewish national emigration movement of Refuseniks, began during the 1970s and was 2)……. influenced and promoted by the Helsinki process. The emphasis was placed on defending the 3)……. against 4)……. by the governments, and in this emphasis, although the issues of anti-Semitism and xenophobia were recognized 5)……., they were not seen as 6)……. for human rights campaigners. This goes far to explain why the major human rights 7)……. in the West have been curiously tone deaf to the evils of xenophobia, including anti-Semitism, as illustrated most graphically by their complicity in the branding of Israel as 8)……. of crimes against humanity at last year’s United Nations conference against racism in Durban, South Asia. All of this argues for a new, post-September 11 paradigm for viewing the 9)……. between human rights and national security, one that brings two issues up to par with the traditional values for 10)……. First, that 11)……. and 12)……. are indeed central human rights abuses in their own right and as bellwethers and predictors of escalating danger. 13)……., that governments and human rights activists alike need to focus beyond their traditional concern for 14)……. abuse of the individual to embrace concern for the dangers to society at large from non-state criminals and 15)……., most of whom are either dedicated anti-Semites or at last employ anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi rhetoric that often goes 16)……. with anti-Americanism. Governments must be held accountable for combating racist extremists who depend on the support or 17)……. of their host governments to thrive.
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