DAILY EXPRESS
Maul of America
by Frida Ghitis
Only at TNR Online | Post date 05.28.04
In the last year, worldwide conflict has brought turbulence, trauma, and abuse to millions of lives. From the bombed out checkpoints in Kabul and Baghdad, to the interrogation chambers in Saudi, Syrian, and American prisons, to the increasing scrutiny into the daily lives of innocent civilians the world over, the actions of extremists and the reactions of governments have resulted in an atmosphere that conspires against human rights. In the words of Amnesty International, we are living through "the most sustained attack on human rights and international humanitarian law in 50 years." Given this situation, it's a shame that Amnesty, the most venerable of human rights organizations, has decided to stop doing its job. In fact, it could be argued that one of the most serious emerging threats to human rights today is Amnesty's decision to spend a disproportionate share of its limited resources attacking the United States--at the opportunity cost of focusing attention on governments that are slaughtering, enslaving, torturing, and imprisoning millions of people around the world....
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