I just checked Amnesty Int'l's web site. They have reports of human rights abuses from all over the globe reaching back a couple of years for many countries. I checked their catalogue of human rights violations, real and imagined for three countries, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.
I was wondering how firm AI was in standing up for religious freedom. I looks very much as if AI does not believe in religious freedom, and if murder, torture and harrassment occur with anti-religious motive, then AI does not seem to bother with mentioning it. In Saudi Arabia, AI is very concerned that some al-Qaeda associated people are in prison without charges and "perhaps" undergoing torture. The recent crackdown and jailing of Christians is not mentioned.
In Indonesia, AI lists several complaints that accused murderers are faced with the death penalty and may not have had full proper legal representation. The 22 Christians murdered in a church burning on Sulawesi last month is not mentioned.
In Egypt, religious persecution does not exist, or at least is unworthy of mention to go by AI's reporting of human rights abuses.
If someone wanted to spend a day or two researching this fully, I believe they would find that AI systematically ignores religious persecution and violence. And you have to wonder why.
"If someone wanted to spend a day or two researching this fully, I believe they would find that AI systematically ignores religious persecution and violence. And you have to wonder why."
Because it's not a crime when islam does it? (sarc)
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