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Should the US Listen to Criticism of Its Human Rights Record?

May 28 2008 - 2:45pm by LibertySugar

Amnesty International's latest report assails the US for its human rights record, and calls for the immediate closure of Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.The report says: As the world's most powerful state, the USA sets the standard for government behaviour globally. With breathtaking legal obfuscation, the US administration has continued its efforts to weaken the absolute prohibition against torture and other ill-treatment. [. . .] These actions have done nothing to further the fight against terrorism and a great deal to damage the USA's prestige and influence abroad.

The international human rights group also calls out China and Russia, as well as the European Union's complicity in the rendition of terror suspects. Recent attacks against Roma encampments in Italy, were also condemned by the group. In the past, the US State Department has deflected responsibility by accusing Amnesty International of using the United States as “a convenient ideological punching bag." We're still waiting on an official statement regarding the latest report.Is it a worse when the world's superpower abuses human rights? Is America's moral authority weakened when it is called out by international watch groups? What human rights advancements been made in the 60 years since the adoption Universal Declaration of Human Rights?Source

Should the US Listen to Criticism of Its Human Rights Record?

Yay! Americans owe respect for human rights to themselves and the world.

Nay. These groups will always have something to complain about.

The US should change because it's the right thing to do, not because a group says.

Other. I'll tell you in the comments.

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Olympics Causing Further Human Rights Abuse

Apr 2 2008 - 3:00pm by LibertySugar

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Olympics Causing Further Human Rights Abuse

Ironically, human rights abuses in China are actually getting worse because of the upcoming Olympics in Beijing. Amnesty International warns that China's pre-Olympic clean up is not good for dissidents. With all eyes on China, it is certainly trying to appear more stable and harmonious, but the latest report says: It is increasingly clear that much of the current wave of repression is occurring not in spite of the Olympics but actually because of the Olympics.

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