TUCSON, Ariz. – The United States’ disregard for human rights is encouraging torture and dictators around the world, said representatives at the Amnesty International USA Western Regional Conference.Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said that around the world, people are celebrating killing because of what is now being considered justifiable by the United States.
Describing kidnappings, secret prisons and torture in Guantánamo Bay, Cox said, “The president likes to call them ‘alternative techniques’.”
Describing kidnappings, secret prisons and torture in Guantánamo Bay, Cox said, “The president likes to call them ‘alternative techniques’.”
Photo by Brenda Norrell: Tucson eighth-grade poets from Hohokam Middle School spoke out on America and racism during the Amnesty International USA Western Regional Conference. In the white and black striped sweater, Evangeline Vasquez read fellow student Ben Aragon’s poem, receiving applause for the verse, “Even our president, I believe, is racist.”
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