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Amnesty’s Shilling for US Wars

CCHS — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:00:45 +0000

By Ann Wright and Coleen Rowley (2012) original post here: https://consortiumnews.com/2012/06/18/amnestys-shilling-for-us-wars/ For decades, Amnesty International has been a respected name in the cause of human rights, but its recent hiring of Suzanne Nossel, a longtime U.S. “humanitarian interventionist,” […]

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Amnesty International’s troubling collaboration with UK & US intelligence, by Alexander Rubinstein

CCHS — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 22:45:13 +0000

Some troubling connections contradict Amnesty’s image as a benevolent defender of human rights and reveal key figures at the organization during its early years to be less concerned with human dignity and more concerned with the dignity of […]

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A Web of Deceit: Amnesty International in Hong Kong, by Laura Ruggeri

CCHS — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:54:55 +0000

How Amnesty International has become embedded in Washington’s campaign against China, through interventions in the politics of Hong Kong. 14 Aug 2020. Laura Ruggeri is an Italian national and resident of Hong Kong. In June 2018 five law […]

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Another Amnesty fake, over Iran

CCHS — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:38:57 +0000

Amnesty International has faked yet another human rights story, in support of the parallel US state department campaign against Iran. The group claims 24 year old Yasaman Aryani has been jailed for 16 years for ‘campaigning against wearing […]

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