2004 Dismal Year For Human Rights

UN Human Security Council could turn the tide, says Amnesty chief

Published June 1, 2005

The 9/11 attacks on the United States have given way to governments using anti-terrorism watchwords and enacting laws that put national security far ahead of human rights, said the Secretary-general of Amnesty International Canada.

But an upswing could be in store this September at a landmark conference on United Nations reform in New York if world leaders accept a proposal for a powerful new human...

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