
In its annual report, Amnesty International writes that Western governments have “paralysed international institutions and squandered public resources in pursuit of narrow security interests.”
BBC:
Governments have sacrificed principles and ignored human rights in the name of the “war on terror”, says a leading rights group in its annual report.
But Amnesty International celebrates what it calls a “wake-up call” issued to governments over the last year.
It says their “doublespeak and deception have been exposed by the media, challenged by activists and rejected by the courts.”
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