Call for push on human rights

IRELAND must use its European Union presidency to close loopholes that allow governments abuse human rights in the name of the so-called ‘war on terror’, Amnesty International insisted yesterday.

Séan Love, executive director of Amnesty International’s Irish section, said the EU must tackle the impact the war on terror is having on human rights.

“It relegates its interaction with some of the worst human rights offenders to the safe havens of ‘human rights dialogues’ and silent diplomacy,” he says.