Amnesty: US bankrupt of vision, bereft of principle
In its 2004 report on the state of human rights around the globe, the London-based group cited grave violations in dozens of other nations. However, it targeted in particular the “war on terror” initiated by President George W Bush in the wake of the September 11 attacks in 2001 for sanctioning human rights abuses in the name of freedom.
The unilateral nature of the conflict to unseat Saddam Hussein in Iraq had additionally “virtually paralysed” the United Nations’ role in guaranteeing human rights on a global level, the report said yesterday.
