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In the Name of Counter-Terrorism: Human Rights Abuses Worldwide

Human Rights | 16.10.2005 22:08 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | Terror War | World

Counter terrorism has been used as an excuse for governments to commit human rights abuses, and increase their fascist state powers.

Babar Ahmad victim
Babar Ahmad victim

Babar Ahmad: free him
Babar Ahmad: free him

Babar's father: a British civil servant for over 20 years
Babar's father: a British civil servant for over 20 years


A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper for the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
March 25, 2003
 http://hrw.org/un/chr59/counter-terrorism-bck4.htm

Country Studies: The Human Rights Impact of Counter-Terrorism Measures in Ten Countries:
* China
* Egypt
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Russia - Chechnya
* Spain
* United Kingdom
- Arbitrary Detention
- Mistreatment in Detention
- Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
* United States
- Non-Citizen "Special Interest" Detainees Held on Immigration Charges
- Guantánamo Bay Detainees
- Enemy Combatants
* Uzbekistan

 http://hrw.org/un/chr59/counter-terrorism-bck.htm


Human rights abuses in the UK, are getting worse under New Labour since this report was written. Tony Blair wants detention without trial for 3 months.


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bleak truths are never willingly accepted

16.10.2005 23:38

1) Blair is a mass murdering monster. Of course, I wonder EXACTLY how far Blair has to go before the majority of people finally get this through their thick skulls. Sadly, in Hitler's case, the German people only came to this truth AFTER WW2.

2) Blair's front-line anti-muslim, anti-protest police people are vicious racist thugs, with an intellect that ONLY shows itself in an ability in corruption, and conspiracy to purjure. Again, how many documentaries, exposes, and recent historical events to you have to witness before this simple fact sinks in.

3) The Mass Media in the West is effectively under state control, and propagates the government message of the day, regardless of truth, evidence, or consequence. Or perhaps you were all asleep during the lead up to the Iraq invasion, and are unable to compare what they said, with what the truth turned out to be?

4) Muslims of all types and backgrounds are under constant attack, and live with the fact that they now have less effective rights and protections than cattle.

5) The US is a murder machine with the worst record in its legal and prison system in the West (and that was true BEFORE this whole muslims bashing situation). The US believes in and uses physical torture in schools and prisons. The US believes in, and uses the death penalty, including for the crimes of children. Other Western nations bow down before a state whoses values are completely contradictory to those nations. This makes NO moral sense whatsoever.

RIGHT. Given these ground rules, what exactly does an article like this seek to achieve??? Please, Mr Rapist, don't rape me. Please Mr Mugger, don't mug me. Please My Serial Killer, don't murder me.

My point, if it seems obscure, is that NAMING the criminal does NOT save you from the criminal act. This article NAMES the criminal (which is good- all adds to the body of evidence that one day will be used to HANG the remnants of Blair's New Reich). However, this article then concludes that Blair will say 'fair cop, guv' and stop his wicked deeds. Sorry, but this is just ludicrous.

Everything that was done to this poor man was done ON PURPOSE. Criminal acts by the state of the worst kind. Justice can only occur when the state is placed in OTHER hands, and the former members of that criminal regime tracked down and ruthlessly punished. NO ONE HERE EVEN THINKS THAT IS A POSSIBILITY- and that is why NOTHING is going to stop Blair.

Look at these horrific acts of state abuse and weep- for as bad and evil as they are, tomorrow brings worse, and in greater quantity, and so does each and every new day whilst Blair rules over us.

After the FALSE FLAG of Blair and Cheney's 911, some poor sap in the UK was fingered by the US, because he was a pilot and muslim. On that occasion, after arrest and detention, he was able to be freed because the US case against him was revealed to be a pack of lies and fabrication. Do you know what Blair and his New Reich leagal goons then did? They passed laws stating that the US no longer had to present evidence.

DOES BLAIR NEED TO WEAR A NEON SIGN ABOVE HIS HEAD STATING EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF MONSTER HE IS??? Personally, I think his record shouts louder than a neon sign brighter than the sun, and a light-year wide. I also think that others see this too, but are then so terrified at what this implies, that they immediately sink into the safe insanity of 'bury my head,and nothing bad can happen to me'.

I think that you think that you will only really start to worry when the above happens to you or your loved ones. I know that you know that by the time that happens, it will be far too late to do anything.

Tony Blair, absolute dictator of the UK, and the greatest external influence on the behaviour of the US, Europe, Russia, China, Iran etc, with an authority given by 2 in 10 of the electorate, and the actual support of almost no-one within Britain. The very worst disasters will have unique and unlikely cirmumstances,

twilight


Oh dear

17.10.2005 07:24

Oh dear Twilight, another stream of invective. I'd rather hoped you'd taken the various ear-bashings you'd received over the last week to heart and gone to ground. Ah well, lets ask some obvious questions:

"perhaps you were all asleep during the lead up to the Iraq invasion, and are unable to compare what they said, with what the truth turned out to be? "

I seem to remember some major anti-war marches, which received significant mainstraim coverage; how does this square with your assertion?

"Muslims of all types and backgrounds are under constant attack"

Do you mean in Britain, and do you mean this litterally?

"The US believes in and uses physical torture in schools "

Justify that statement. Just what do you mean?

"After the FALSE FLAG of Blair and Cheney's 911"

Prove it.

"with an authority given by 2 in 10 of the electorate, and the actual support of almost no-one within Britain."

Just as a matter of interest, give me a breakdown of how you arrived at that statistic.

Boab


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