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Amnesty International (view source)
Revision as of 01:54, October 29, 2008
, 01:54, October 29, 2008→Criticism: samesex support
===Anti-Israel stance===
===Anti-Israel stance===
Just about everything Israel does to defend itself is 'illegal' in the eyes of Amnesty International. During the [[Israel]] [[Lebanese]] conflict of 2006, Amnesty was accusing Israel of war crimes. According to the [[Jerusalem Post]]'s Alan Dershowitz, through restraint, Israel was able to minimize the number of civilian casualties in Lebanon, Amnesty criticizes. [[Hezbollah]]'s best efforts to embed itself in population centers and to use civilians as human shields, nothing from Amnesty. "Bigotry, pure and simple.", says Alan. <ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525974885&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Amnesty Int'l redefines 'war crimes'] The Jerusalem Post, Aug 30, 2006</ref>
Just about everything Israel does to defend itself is 'illegal' in the eyes of Amnesty International. During the [[Israel]] [[Lebanese]] conflict of 2006, Amnesty was accusing Israel of war crimes. According to the [[Jerusalem Post]]'s Alan Dershowitz, through restraint, Israel was able to minimize the number of civilian casualties in Lebanon, Amnesty criticizes. [[Hezbollah]]'s best efforts to embed itself in population centers and to use civilians as human shields, nothing from Amnesty. "Bigotry, pure and simple.", says Alan. <ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525974885&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Amnesty Int'l redefines 'war crimes'] The Jerusalem Post, Aug 30, 2006</ref>
===Support for same-sex rights===
In Uganda 2005, the government passed laws "[[marriage]] is lawful only if entered into between a man and a woman" and "unlawful for same-sex couples to marry". This didn't sit well with Amnesty and the called on the Ugandan governement "to end discrimination against people on grounds of their sexual orientation" and "which is a violation of international human rights law." <ref>[http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:69WFWtiUD3IJ:www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp%3FNewsID%3D16329+amnesty+same-sex&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=15&gl=us Uganda: Gay and lesbian rights activists intimidated, and same sex marriage criminalised] Google Cache of Amnesty UK, August 3, 2005</ref.
==References==
==References==