Human Rights Abuses? Yes, AI Releases Its Latest Report and Your Country Is on the List eTN | |
go to original May 5, 2015 |
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More than 1 billion tourists are traveling the world every year. This should send a message of peace through tourism around the globe.
Unfortunately the internet, social media and personal visits may have made human interaction easier, but governments in almost every country on this globe are allowing human rights abuses. How is your country ranking on human rights, freedom of the press?
You can download the report and find a list of shortcomings in almost every country of the world. The result is sometimes shocking.
According to Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amestry International, this has been a devastating year for those seeking to stand up for human rights and for those caught up in the suffering of war zones.
Governments pay lip service to the importance of protecting civilians. And yet the world's politicians have miserably failed to protect those in greatest need. Amnesty International believes that this can and must finally change.
International humanitarian law - the law that governs the conduct of armed conflict - could not be clearer. Attacks must never be directed against civilians. The principle of distinguishing between civilians and combatants is a fundamental safeguard for people caught up in the horrors of war.
And yet, time and again, civilians bore the brunt in conflict. In the year marking the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, politicians repeatedly trampled on the rules protecting civilians - or looked away from the deadly violations of these rules committed by others.
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