Carstairs is a 25-year member of Canada's parliament, and president of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
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Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the IPU conference, Carstairs named Eritrea,Burma, Afghanistan and Israel as among the violators.
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Carstairs also appealed to Afghanistan's government to reinstate Malalai Joya, who was suspended from parliament nearly two years ago for insulting the country's warlords.