Amnesty chides US
2005-03-29 11:11
Washington - The human rights watchdog Amnesty International has chided the United States government on Monday for issuing another report on rights across the world without taking care to get its own house in order.
The Nobel Prize-winning group applauded the State Department's efforts but said they were compromised by US failures to respect the rights of prisoners in Iraq and war-on-terror detainees in Guantanamo, Cuba.
"As long as the White House continues to flout international law and blatantly disregard the Geneva Conventions, many of its policies to promote democracy and human rights will be greeted with deep scepticism," it said.
Alexandra Arriaga, director of government relations for Amnesty International USA, said US moral authority was diminished by continuing reports of judicial abuses by the American authorities.
She said the US administration's overall record made the State Department's report in its rights achievements "tantamount to a business ethics manual published by Enron," the failed and discredited energy giant. - AFP
- SAPA