AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE
AI Index: POL 10/006/2005 (Public)
News Service No: 116
25 May 2005
Embargo Date: 25 May 200510:00GMT
Report 2005: A dangerous new agenda
(London) Governments are betraying their promise of a world order based on human rights and are pursuing a dangerous new agenda, said Amnesty International today as it launched its annual assessment of global human rights.
Speaking at the launch of the Amnesty International Report 2005, the organization's Secretary General Irene Khan said that governments had failed to show principled leadership and must be held to account.
"Governments are betraying their promises on human rights. A new agenda is in the making with the language of freedom and justice being used to pursue policies of fear and insecurity. This includes cynical attempts to redefine and sanitise torture," said Irene Khan.
This new agenda, combined with the indifference and paralysis of the international community, failed countless thousands of people in humanitarian crises and forgotten conflicts throughout 2004. <snip>
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=80256DD400782B8480256FF800482A48