Amnesty International

Amnesty International Stokes Syrian War

By Rick Sterling | Consortium News | February 11, 2017 Amnesty International (AI) has done some good investigations and reports over the years, which has won the group widespread support. However, less well recognized, Amnesty International has also carried out faulty investigations with bloody and disastrous consequences. One prominent example is in Iraq, where AI […]

Amnesty International publishes an unreliable report on mass executions in Syria

On Monday, February 8, the human rights organization Amnesty International published a 48-page report accusing the Syrian government of mass executions and tortures in Saydnaya prison. According to the watchdog, between September 2011 and December 2015, an estimated 5,000 and 13,000 people were extrajudicially executed.

US Cooks Up New Syrian Atrocities Amid Syrian Talks

By Tony Cartalucci | New Eastern Outlook | 10.02.2017 Amnesty International is inextricably compromised in its stated duty to hold nations accountable for human rights violations through its direct connections with Western political interests and their use of the organization as a tool of geopolitical influence and coercion. The report itself states clearly (emphasis added): […]