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‘Human rights NGOs’ HRW and Amnesty show cozy ties with US government

CCHS — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:14:16 +0000

By Ben Norton (2022), original post here https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/03/17/human-rights-ngo-hrw-amnesty-us-government/ Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International claim to be independent, but they have a revolving door with the US government, and serve its foreign-policy interests, with funding from CIA-linked foundations […]

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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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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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How We Were Misled About Syria: Amnesty International, by Tim Hayward

CCHS — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:39:03 +0000

Most of us living outside Syria know very little of the country or its recent history. What we think we know comes via the media. Information that comes with the endorsement of an organisation like Amnesty International we […]

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Syria: the human rights industry in ‘humanitarian war’ (RP 1/18)

CCHS — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 01:09:16 +0000

by Tim Anderson. ‘A proliferation of self-appointed watchdogs and ‘human rights’ agencies have helped market the idea of ‘humanitarian intervention’, in recent years. This can be seen most starkly in the long proxy war on Syria. These advocacy […]

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