Thursday, May 28, 2009
Amnesty International on human rights
IMO: Once again we see the UN taking no action against evident injustices. The West are "selling their souls for a mess of pottage" - or in this case cheap fairly needless Chinese consumer goods. The world can stand firm - and must do, if it is to even survive.
The conflicts in Sri Lanka and Pakistan have added to human rights abuses in Asia this year, Amnesty International said in its annual report Thursday.
As the global economic downturn bites, Amnesty said millions of migrant workers in China who have lost their jobs face "an uncertain future".
Amnesty expressed concern at the plight of the hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Sri Lanka fighting and the two million people displaced by the Pakistan army's offensive on the Taliban.
Amnesty said Chinese forces originally detained more than 1,000 people over the unrest in Tibet in March last year and "hundreds remained in detention or were unaccounted for" at the end of 2008.
Amnesty chief Irene Khan called on countries doing business with China to make respect for human rights a condition of trade.
"We are not asking countries to stop trading with China, we are asking them to use their leverage," Khan said. "We have seen that China is not immune to pressure or public opinion."
The conflicts in Sri Lanka and Pakistan have added to human rights abuses in Asia this year, Amnesty International said in its annual report Thursday.
As the global economic downturn bites, Amnesty said millions of migrant workers in China who have lost their jobs face "an uncertain future".
Amnesty expressed concern at the plight of the hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Sri Lanka fighting and the two million people displaced by the Pakistan army's offensive on the Taliban.
Amnesty said Chinese forces originally detained more than 1,000 people over the unrest in Tibet in March last year and "hundreds remained in detention or were unaccounted for" at the end of 2008.
Amnesty chief Irene Khan called on countries doing business with China to make respect for human rights a condition of trade.
"We are not asking countries to stop trading with China, we are asking them to use their leverage," Khan said. "We have seen that China is not immune to pressure or public opinion."
# posted by uv : 1:43 AM
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