[link|http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE240482004|Well, yeah. And?]

Excerpts:

Amnesty International today condemned the unfair trial by the
Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) of seven Kurdish prisoners of
conscience, and the alleged torture and ill-treatment of Kurdish minors
held in the custody of the Syrian authorities for months without trial...

Amnesty International calls on the Syrian authorities to drop the
charges brought against the seven men and calls for the immediate and
unconditional release of Muhammad Mustafa, Sherif Ramadhan, and Khaled
Ahmad 'Ali...

I say:

Or else what?


Excerpts:

Amnesty International is also gravely concerned about news that
Kurdish children arrested in the wake of March 2004 events in Qamishli
and other parts of northern Syria have been tortured and ill-treated
while held incommunicado at security and police detention centres. The
organization has received the names of more than 20 children, aged
between 14 to 17 years, who have reportedly been subjected to various
types of torture, leaving scars on their bodies, and leading to serious
injuries including broken noses, perforated ear drums and infected
wounds...

Amnesty International, therefore, calls on the Syrian authorities to
release all Kurdish children held in connection with the 12 March events
pending their trial, to ensure that they are given a fair trial according
to international standards for fair trial, to order as a matter of
urgency an independent and thorough investigation into reports of
torture and ill-treatment, and to ensure that children subjected to
torture are immediately provided with specialist medical and
psychological care.

I say:

Or else they'll all hold their breath and turn blue?

If Amnesty International are sincere about wanting this sort of thing
to stop, they should come out unequivocally in support of the military
overthrow of such brutal regimes. Even if it's the United States has to
do it.

So no more of [link|http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3749055.stm|this nonsense.]

Expressions of outrage are cheap, and grandstanding won't earn anyone my
respect. Support the global war on terror or else shut up.

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