Comments on: Senior Amnesty International official accuses it of putting rights of jihadis before those of their victims http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/02/06/senior-amnesty-international-official-accuses-it-of-putting-rights-of-jihadis-before-those-of-their-victims/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Senior Amnesty International official accuses it of putting rights … Help http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/02/06/senior-amnesty-international-official-accuses-it-of-putting-rights-of-jihadis-before-those-of-their-victims/#comment-49256 Senior Amnesty International official accuses it of putting rights … Help Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:06:02 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/?p=30148#comment-49256 [...] here to read the rest:  Senior Amnesty International official accuses it of putting rights … Tags: against-one, bedard, given-the-leftist, little-late, pakistan, paksitan, [...] [...] here to read the rest:  Senior Amnesty International official accuses it of putting rights … Tags: against-one, bedard, given-the-leftist, little-late, pakistan, paksitan, [...]

]]> By: William Smart http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/02/06/senior-amnesty-international-official-accuses-it-of-putting-rights-of-jihadis-before-those-of-their-victims/#comment-49219 William Smart Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:58:57 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/?p=30148#comment-49219 What nonsense is this? A top Amnesty person thinks that the tortured Begg is not actually a nice enough person, with sufficiently correct political views and sufficiently careful of his new friends, for Amnesty to align themselves with. I happen to agree with Sahgal, Amnesty should record Begg's statement about his torture and then cut him loose. The rest of the story is fundamentally non-newsworthy. Look at it this way - Gitmo radicalised Begg more thoroughly than some at Amnesty realised. Big deal. The Hanoi Hilton radicalised McCain more thoroughly against the Vietnamese than he was before - so? Saghal's logic is that, if McCain did slam the Vietnamese after his release, it diminished his testimony and human rights group should thenceforward be careful. Saghal is right but Amnesty's core role is not affected. What nonsense is this? A top Amnesty person thinks that the tortured Begg is not actually a nice enough person, with sufficiently correct political views and sufficiently careful of his new friends, for Amnesty to align themselves with.

I happen to agree with Sahgal, Amnesty should record Begg's statement about his torture and then cut him loose. The rest of the story is fundamentally non-newsworthy.

Look at it this way – Gitmo radicalised Begg more thoroughly than some at Amnesty realised. Big deal. The Hanoi Hilton radicalised McCain more thoroughly against the Vietnamese than he was before – so? Saghal's logic is that, if McCain did slam the Vietnamese after his release, it diminished his testimony and human rights group should thenceforward be careful. Saghal is right but Amnesty's core role is not affected.

]]> By: Anson http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/02/06/senior-amnesty-international-official-accuses-it-of-putting-rights-of-jihadis-before-those-of-their-victims/#comment-49159 Anson Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:13:26 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/?p=30148#comment-49159 Amnesty International has always had a soft spot in its heart for terrorists, beginning with the McBrides' agitation on the behalf of Irish terrorists in British prisons. Amnesty International has always had a soft spot in its heart for terrorists, beginning with the McBrides' agitation on the behalf of Irish terrorists in British prisons.

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