Amnesty International

It’s Time to Admit That US-Led Forces Committed War Crimes in Raqqa, Syria

(MPN) — Last year’s Washington-led coalition effort against the Islamic State (ISIS) group in the Syrian city of Raqqa included numerous “disproportionate or indiscriminate” attacks on the city, showing little regard for civilian lives and constituting potential war crimes, a new report by Amnesty International stated Tuesday. The campaign to seize Raqqa spanned June to October of last year, […]

As Israel Massacres at Least 55 People, US Celebrates New Embassy in Jerusalem

As US and Israeli leaders tout ‘great day,’ human rights defenders decry breach of international law and abhorrent violence. (CD) — Human rights advocates are shattering the characterization of the U.S. embassy’s opening in Jerusalem on Monday as something to celebrate—a portrayal put forth by President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Senate’s top Democrat, […]

Colin Kaepernick Wins Amnesty International’s Top Honor

(CD) — Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sparked a league-wide protest that has spanned two seasons since he first kneeled down before a game to protest racial violence and police killings in 2016, was awarded Amnesty International’s highest honor on Saturday. Presented at a ceremony in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Saturday, the secretary general of the human […]

Amnesty International: Trumpeting for War… Again

By Paul de Rooij | CounterPunch | March 23, 2018 One must marvel at the first few paragraphs of Amnesty International’s recent press release: “The international community’s catastrophic failure to take concrete action to protect the people of Syria has allowed parties to the conflict, most notably the Syrian government, to commit war crimes and […]