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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
I went to HRW's website and searched their site for 2 words: Jihad and Islam. Other than names of terrorist groups and some individuals named Jihad or Islam, the resulting list contains nothing much else. Jihad and Islam are apparently not problems or causes of massive worldwide HR abuses, when it comes to HRW. |
From what I can see, HRW focuses on governments and not religions, and in governments where Islam is closely tied to the rule of law, they have been active. For example, clicking on the Middle East tab (just an inch or so above Search:?) brings up many articles, with a large number of them relating to
Saudi Arabia.
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Originally Posted by ASWnut101
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Originally Posted by BBC News
Thirty eight people believed to have been held in secret CIA prisons - or black sites - are missing, according to a report by a US human rights group. The Human Rights Watch report also details allegations of torture by a terror suspect who was held in secret custody for more than two years.
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:rotfl: :rotfl: That's pretty funny. Where did people come up with this stuff?  |
Well, GWB for one -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5321606.stm
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During the last great war the precedent was already set. Remember the US detained all the Japanese living in the USA during the war for the duration of the war.
If these guys are the enemy of the USA and not in uniform and they have declared war against the USA then they have no rights. However if they are US Citizens then it's different IMHO.
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This has indeed been done before, but that doesn't make it right.
If these people are indeed enemies of the USA, and have committed crimes or fought against the US, then that's clear enough. They should be charged and brought to trial. What of the many people captured/bought by the US without having done
anything other than being in the wrong place at the wrong time?
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Many Americans living and working in Iraq and other foreign countries have been executed without due process. Some even had their heads cut off and the entire episode was taped and distributed on the Internet for all to see.
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What are you saying? The barbarity of others should have no effect on civilised people, other than to strenghten their resolve in fighting said barbarity.