[Peace-discuss] UNAC Statement on Amnesty International and Afghan Women

[Stuart Levy]

> *From: *UNAC <unacpeace at gmail.com <mailto:unacpeace at gmail.com>>
> *Date: *July 15, 2012 11:17:43 AM EDT
> *To: *unac at lists.riseup.net <mailto:unac at lists.riseup.net>
> *Subject: **[unac] UNAC Statement on Amnesty International and Afghan 
> Women*
>
> UNAC
>
> (please forward widely)
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> Dear Friends,
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> 	
> Imagine the surprise and anger NATO protestors felt when downtown 
> Chicago was plastered with posters announcing a public event starting 
> at the same time as the gathering for the mass march on May 20, 2012. 
> The conference, initiated by Amnesty International, USA, claimed 
> advances in human rights for Afghan women during the occupation and 
> attributed this to NATO?s efforts in Afghanistan! This travesty 
> featured war criminal Madeline Albright.
>
> Since then Amnesty has continued its blatant support for war and 
> cemented its ties to the U.S. State Department. Other actions included 
> an attack on Russia for being an obstacle to military intervention in 
> Syria and a one-sided report focused solely on Syrian government 
> abuses that asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to press the UN 
> to refer the crisis to the International Criminal Court, to freeze 
> assets of senior Syrian officials, and to implement an effective arms 
> embargo._http://www.amnestyusa.org/research/reports/deadly-reprisals-deliberate-killings-and-other-abuses-by-syria-s-armed-forces?page=show 
> _
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> It has since come to light that the focus on war rather than human 
> rights has intensified with the hiring of new Executive Director, 
> Susanne Nossel, who has close ties to the State Department and 
> supports U.S. foreign policy. 
> http://www.opednews.com/articles/Amnesty-s-Shilling-for-US-by-Ann-Wright-120618-412.html
>
> Code Pink has taken the lead in organizing protests against Amnesty 
> International, USA?s pro-war stance and setting the record straight 
> about the so-called ?progress? of Afghan women during the years of 
> devastating US/NATO attacks and occupation. They have organized a 
> national conference call, issued a statement with demands directed at 
> A.I., and called for having women at the table at the recently held 
> Tokyo conference on the future of Afghanistan.
>
> UNAC has approved two statements (see below): /Statement on NATO Claim 
> of ?Progress? for Women and Girls in Afghanistan 
> /http://nepajac.org/afghanwomen.htm /and Statement Condemning Amnesty 
> International USA?s Campaigns in Support of U.S./NATO Wars 
> /http://nepajac.org/amnesty.htm . We encourage our supporters to 
> contact Amnesty to condemn its pro-war stance and propaganda efforts 
> supporting continued occupation in Afghanistan and intervention in 
> Syria. We encourage our supporters to demand that A.I. reaffirm its 
> commitment to human rights, not war, and  remove  those  responsible 
> for their current pro-war policies and campaigns.
>
> Marilyn Levin
>
> Joe Lombardo
>
> UNAC Co-Coordinators
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