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Droits
de l'Homme
- Le rapport annuel 2004 d'Amnesty International
et la condamnation du comportement des Etats-Unis dans la guerre
au terrorisme...
Annual
Report 2004: War on Global Values – Human Rights Under Attack by
Armed Groups and Governments
Amnesty International 26/05/04
"Governments
and armed groups have launched a war on global values, destroying
the human rights of ordinary people, Amnesty International said
today as it released its annual assessment of human rights
worldwide. The 'war on terror' and the war in Iraq has not only
led to a new wave of human rights abuses but also diverted
attention from old ones which continue hidden from the eyes of the
world.
Launching
the Amnesty International Annual Report 2004, the organisation
said that violence by armed groups and increasing violations by
governments have combined to produce the most sustained attack on
human rights and international humanitarian law in 50 years. This
is leading to a world of growing mistrust, fear and division.
Amnesty
International Secretary General Irene Khan said:
"Callous,
cruel and criminal attacks by armed groups such as al-Qa’ida,
pose a very real threat to the security of people everywhere. We
condemn them in the strongest possible terms as serious crimes
under international and domestic law, sometimes amounting to war
crimes and crimes against humanity,"
Amnesty
International strongly condemned armed groups responsible for
atrocities such as the March 11 bombing in Madrid and the bomb
attack on the United Nations building in Iraq on 19 August 2003,
which killed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira
de Mello.
The
human rights organisation said that violent attacks on civilians
and on institutions established to provide solutions to conflict
and insecurity, such as the United Nations and International
Committee of the Red Cross, represented a significant new threat
to international justice.
“But
it is also frightening that the principles of international law
and the tools of multilateral action which could protect us from
these attacks are being undermined, marginalised or destroyed by
powerful governments,” continued Irene Khan.
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“Governments
are losing their moral compass, sacrificing the global values of
human rights in a blind pursuit of security. This failure of
leadership is a dangerous concession to armed groups.
“The
global security agenda promoted by the US Administration is
bankrupt of vision and bereft of principle. Violating rights at
home, turning a blind eye to abuses abroad and using pre-emptive
military force where and when it chooses has damaged justice and
freedom, and made the world a more dangerous place.”
Reports
of torture and ill-treatment underline the vulnerability of
hundreds of prisoners, not only in Iraq but also at Guantánamo
Bay in Cuba, Afghanistan and elsewhere, incarcerated by the United
States and its allies without charge, trial, access to lawyers or
protection of the Geneva Conventions.
“By
failing to protect the rights of those who may be guilty,
governments endanger the rights of those who are innocent, and put
us all at risk.”
Amnesty
International’s Annual Report 2004 documents festering conflicts
in places like Chechnya, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Sudan, and Nepal which have become a breeding ground for
some of the worst atrocities. Violence in Israel and the Occupied
Territories has deepened, while elsewhere many governments are
openly pursuing repressive agendas.
“While
governments have been obsessed with Iraq, they have allowed the
real weapons of mass destruction - injustice and impunity, poverty, discrimination and
racism, the uncontrolled trade in
small arms, violence against women and abuse of children - to go
unaddressed,” said Irene Khan.
While
underlining abuse and impunity, hypocrisy and double standards of
governments, Amnesty International highlighted the emerging power
of civil society to turn the tide in favour of human rights.
Globally,
despite the efforts by the United States to undermine
international justice and ensure global immunity for its citizens,
the International Criminal Court appointed its prosecutor and
began its work in earnest. Slowly the courts in the United States
and the United Kingdom have begun to scrutinise the executive
power to restrict human rights.
“Human
rights matter because they offer a powerful and compelling vision
of a better and fairer world, and a concrete plan of how to get
there. These global values of justice are the most effective route
to security and peace,” concluded Irene Khan.
Background
The
339-page report documents human rights issues of concern to
Amnesty International during 2003 in 155 countries. It reports
that:
- Extrajudicial
executions were carried out in 47 countries;
- People
were "disappeared" by state agents in 28 countries;
- Victims
of torture and ill-treatment by security forces, police and
other state authorities were reported in 132 countries;
- Prisoners
of conscience were held in 44 countries;
- People
were arbitrarily arrested and detained without charge or trial
in 58 countries;
- People
were sentenced to death in 63 countries;
- People
were executed in 28 countries;
- Armed
opposition groups committed serious human rights violations,
such as deliberate and arbitrary killings of civilians,
torture and abductions or hostage taking in 35 countries;
- Armed
groups have committed violent acts and killings in 34
countries;
- Armed
groups have committed torture and ill-treatment in 18
countries;
- Armed
groups have committed hostage takings and abductions in 16
countries.
Read
the Report ..."
Lire également :
US
condemned over rights abuses
BBC News 26/05/04
Amnesty
slams 'bankrupt' vision of US in damning report
SMH 26/05/04
Amnesty
condemns War on Terror
Al Jazeera 26/05/04
War
on terror leaves human rights at 50-year low, claims Amnesty
Guardian 26/05/04
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