Kurukshetra War - Kali Yuga ping...
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Posted on 12/19/2008 10:11:33 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
| NEW DELHI, Dec 19: Amnesty International slammed on Friday India’s new anti-terror legislation to beef up police powers in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, saying it violates international human rights treaties. The London-based human rights group called on the Indian president not to approve the legislation, which would double the number of days police could detain terror suspects before filing charges, from 90 days to 180, as well as boost their powers to conduct searches. Both houses of India’s parliament passed the bill this week. It now needs President Pratibha Patil’s approval before becoming law. “While we utterly condemn the attacks and recognise that the Indian authorities have a right and duty to take effective measures to ensure the security of the population, security concerns should never be used to jeopardise people’s human rights,” Madhu Malhotra, Asia Pacific Programme’s Deputy Director at Amnesty International, said in a statement. Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram defended the bill in Parliament on Wednesday as providing an “adequate balance” between “the demands of human rights and the people of India for strong anti-terror laws”. The Mumbai attacks revealed glaring gaps in the nation’s security systems and a shaky intelligence apparatus that missed several warning signs of the siege, which lasted for three days and paralysed much of India’s financial capital. The anti-terror bill, which was sent to parliament along with a bill to create an FBI-style national investigation agency, was meant to beef up the powers of India’s police and judicial system to combat terrorists. But Amnesty said the process was hasty and would likely undermine the rule of law and violate international human rights treaties. In particular, Amnesty raised concerns about the sweeping definition of terrorism, extending the detention of suspects by up to 180 days, denying bail to foreigners who enter the country illegally, and the requirements, in certain circumstances, for the accused to prove their innocence. It also condemned giving courts the right to close proceedings to the public. Communist opposition parties had called for changes to the bill, fearing human rights abuses, but ultimately voted in favour. “To detain a person for up to 180 days will be an infringement of his human rights. We are against it,” Basudeb Acharia, a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), told The Associated Press. Despite Chidambaram’s assurances, the government has long resisted introducing a tougher anti-terror law since repealing a law written by the Hindu nationalist BJP after coming to power in 2004, saying it was draconian and would unfairly target India’s large Muslim minority. “India’s experience with previous anti-terrorism laws has shown that they can lead to abusive practices,” Amnesty said. |
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Haven’t seen you around with pings, here’s one for the list maybe.
Just as Islam virtually insists on a separate set of laws that they can apply only to muslims , the non-muslim world needs to have a set of laws that apply ONLY to muslims . I am sure they will understand .
Kurukshetra War - Kali Yuga ping...
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This is definately a Kali Yuga type of thing... Amnesty International turns logic on its head...
Does anyone give a rodents rectum what Amnesty International has to say?
Hmmm, it seems like we’ve seen this movie before.
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_4398.html
Travel Alert
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
This information is current as of today, Sat Dec 20 2008 03:31:16 GMT-0800 (PST).
INDIA
December 19, 2008
Imagine that! Stopping terrorist attacks before they happen to prevent the spilling of innocent blood!
What an incredible violation of the Terrorist’s Rights! (excuse me; “Freedom Fighters”.) This has to stop! <s/
If the mooselimbs hit the U.S. again like 9-11, Amnesty International will not be able to stop the carnage that happens to mooselimbs.
Americans of all walks of life will come to the conclusion that it finally is time to take a stand and wipe this scurge off the face of earth.
Amnesty International, what a joke.
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