U.S 'unprincipled' on human rights, NGO chief warns

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The executive director of Human Rights Watch says that Donald Trump treats human rights legislation as a political tool rather than a matter of principle.

Kenneth Roth has spent 27 years as the executive director of Human Rights Watch , one of the world's leading human rights organizations, a non-profit investigating human rights abuses across the world on the frontline and pushing for criminal prosecutions where necessary. His work has resulted in him being denied entry to Hong Kong and his organization has earned the displeasure of governments worldwide., he warns that China poses a threat to the global human rights system, that U.S.

Roth says:"The Uighurs are the most severe example of worsening repression under Xi Jinping . It's quite clear that this is the darkest moment in China in human rights terms since the massacre of Tiananmen Square protesters in 1989, the Uyghurs have been the most grievous sufferers of that where a million or more have been detained essentially to force them to abandon Islam and their culture.

"China is so determined to avoid any criticism of its own repression that it's working to undermine the human rights system any place else," he says."There is no war crime too grave for China to ignore in its quest to avoid setting a precedent that might come back to haunt it." In the U.S., Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by federal law enforcement. The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act would also make it illegal for any federal agency or official to"acquire, possess, access, or use" biometric surveillance technology in the U.S.

Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, says government access to facial recognition technology should be limitedThe events in Belarus give Roth hope after seeing how despite mass arrests and beatings, the Belarusian people have continued to march in their tens of thousands to demand democracy.

 

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That's very important coming from an NGO chief.

No kidding. Hey, we’re number one in something. The best at being unprincipled. Trump will be so happy we’re finally the best because of him

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