A reminder that Amnesty International has lost its way.
It was founded to defend prisoners of conscience jailed by oppressive regimes.
Now Amnesty's focus is accusing Western democracies of racism while the organization itself supports misogynists, homophobes & terrorists.
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In 2010, Gita Sahgal, then head of the organization's gender unit, was fired for exposing Amnesty's shameful ties and support for Britain's most famous Taliban advocate, former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg. theguardian.com/world/2010/apr…
Supporting terrorists has been a recurring theme with Amnesty. In 2015, a senior employee of Amnesty International was found to have undeclared private links to men alleged to be key players in a secretive network of global Islamists, revealed The Times.
thetimes.co.uk/article/amnest…
Christopher Hitchens wrote that Amnesty’s actions backing the Taliban—and targeting whistleblower & women's rights chief Gita Sahgal—exemplified the organization’s “degeneration and politicization,” reflecting “a moral crisis that has global implications.” slate.com/news-and-polit…
In 2015, @amnesty's speaker said the 9/11 attacks were “sweet revenge”; & Europe made “the cult of the Holocaust & Jew-worshiping its religion.” He labeled gays “AIDS-spreading faggots.” Part of Hezbollah, he questions the existence of Nazi gas chambers. tabletmag.com/sections/news/…
Amnesty backed the pro-Taliban group "Cage," which promotes an ideology that mocks the values of tolerance, especially towards women.
Amnesty used Cage propaganda, shared logos with them, co-produced briefing papers & co-signed letters to the government. economist.com/britain/2015/0…
Rights activist Sigrid Rausing criticized Amnesty for "blurring" its original mission. The Economist: "A group which devotes more focus to rights abuses in Britain & America than those in Belarus & Saudi Arabia cannot expect to escape doubters' scrutiny." economist.com/international/…
In 2015, Amnesty justified hosting an anti-gay Holocaust denier to protest Islamophobia—due to "the significance of this issue" & as it "was not an endorsement of any of the views of the individual speaker." Yet in 2018 they saw fit to ban London's Jews. theguardian.com/world/2018/jan…
Amnesty International chief Agnes Callamard makes a moral equivalence between Nazi Germany and the American city of Minneapolis.
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