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May 26, 2004
ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny
Here is a bit of good news - and, at the same disturbing
news. Amnesty International is scolding Canada for its "security
certificate" abuse, but they pointedly leave out Ernst Zundel. The
"five men alleged to pose a risk to national security" are all
Arabs.
At any rate, we are grateful for small favors - maybe
something somewhere is going to shift.
For the record:
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Amnesty slams [Canada's] 'blind pursuit' of security
<http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/05/26/world/amnesty040526>
LONDON - Canada is one of the countries sacrificing human
rights in the name of stepped-up national security, Amnesty International
said in its annual report Wednesday.
The human rights group said the "blind pursuit of
security" that began after Sept. 11, 2001 has produced the most
sustained attack on human rights in half a century.
Several governments have introduced "regressive"
anti-terrorist legislation, including Spain, France and Uzbekistan, the
report said.
Amnesty singled out Canada for holding at least five men
alleged to pose a risk to national security. They were detained on
"security certificates" that allow them to be held without charge
and denied full access to the evidence against them.
Amnesty also mentioned the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian
citizen of Syrian origin who was deported from the U.S. to Syria in 2002.
The U.S. said he was arrested on suspicion of having
terrorist links. Arar was held for a year without being charged and says he
was tortured while in custody in Syria.
A public inquiry into the case is set to begin in Ottawa
next month.
U.S. has 'lost its moral high ground'
Amnesty saved its harshest criticism for the U.S., citing
the hundreds of detainees from about 40 countries who are being held without
charge by U.S. forces in Iraq, Cuba and Afghanistan.
The U.S. has lost its moral high ground and its ability to
lead, said Irene Khan, secretary general of the human rights group.
"Sacrificing human rights in the name of national
security, turning a blind eye to abuses abroad and using pre-emptive
military force when and where the powerful choose has damaged justice and
freedom, and made the world are more dangerous and divided place," Khan
said.
The U.S.-led war on terror has given governments in
"virtually every corner of the world" an excuse to abuse human
rights, said Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada.
It's a trend now "firmly established on the
global-political agenda," Neve said. "Many [governments] are using
it as a pretext for persecution of ethnic groups."
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International News
[Zionism is Racism, Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism]
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Reminder:
Help free Ernst Zundel, Prisoner of Conscience. His
prison sketches - now on-line and highly popular - help pay for his defence.
Take a look - and tell a friend.
http://www.zundelsite.org/gallery/donations/index.html
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Write to Canada's Prime Minister and complain
over the unfair treatment Ernst Zündel has received.
Prime Minister Paul Martin
House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Telephone: (613) 992-4211
Fax: (613) 941-6900
Email: Martin.P@parl.gc.ca |
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