War on terror ‘undermining human rights’ (Amnesty International Report)

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War on terror ‘undermining human rights’
By Sarah Witt
Published: May 23 2006 11:01 | Last updated: May 23 2006 11:01

Governments and international institutions have turned a blind eye to massive human rights violations and “sacrificed principles in the name of the war on terror,” Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

In its annual report, the London-based human rights watchdog said the security agenda of the powerful and privileged had diverted the world’s attention from serious human rights crises elsewhere.

Criticising western governments, Irene Khan, Amnesty’s secretary general, said: “When the UK remains muted on arbitrary detention and ill-treatment in Guantánamo, when the US ignores prohibition on torture, when European governments are mute about their record on renditions, racism or refugees, they undermine their own moral authority to champion human rights elsewhere in the world.“

While the report covers the past twelve months, the British government has recently called on the US to close the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, which prime minister Tony Blair branded an “anomaly”.

more at:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/87956e64-e98b-11da-a33b-0000779e2340.html
country by country here:
http://media.ft.com/cms/e0a7f20c-ea3e-11da-9566-0000779e2340.pdf

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1. The (sic) War on Terra

The so called War on Terror is just an excuse to turn Amerika into an "Imperial" fascist police state. Go rent the 80's klassix "Brazil Brazil" and you'll see exactly what the War on Terror is and was always about.