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Thu 05 May 2007'Politics of fear' on riseThe politics of fear, fomented by powerful governments, is being used to trample fundamental rights across the world, the latest report on human rights in 153 countries from Amnesty International says.Amnesty's secretary general, Irene Khan, in her foreword to Report 2007: The State of The World's Human Rights, says fear of immigrants, of crime, of terrorism and of dissent are being used by regimes to repress rights.