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Amnesty International
May 26, 2005 ( politics )
Governments around the world betrayed their commitment to human rights in 2004, Amnesty International says.In a 300-page annual report, the group accused the US government of damaging human rights with its attitude to torture and treatment of detainees.
This granted "a licence to others to commit abuse with impunity", the human rights advocates said.
The report also criticised the world as a whole for failing to act over crises, notably in Sudan's Darfur region.
Afghanistan was slipping into a "downward spiral of lawlessness and instability", it added.
--BBC
Posted by griffjon at May 26, 2005 07:38 PM
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