Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard poses in Paris, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Agnes Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and has made a career uncovering extra-judicial killings.
Amnesty International released its annual report on Wednesday, arguing that governments have used the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to clamp down on human rights, whether or not that was the original intent. The wide-ranging report took particular aim at governments in Myanmar and Russia, among others, but also critiqued the use of coronavirus-related police powers in places like Britain and the United States against protesters.
Callamard rarely hesitates to call out the powerful. In 2019, as a U.N. special rapporteur, she concluded there was “credible evidence” that Khashoggi's killing was state-sanctioned. She also investigated the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and concluded it was unlawful. Earlier this week, she said there was a real risk that Russia was subjecting opposition leader Alexei Navalny to “a slow death.
China failed.
A shot in an arm is a shot in an arm, and one more person that is vaccinated. What concern is it whose arm it goes in? This is a numbers game and whichever arms get it first help in the end.
I always thought that Fauci looked racist. Thanks Amnesty International for exposing that A-Hole.
I agree
Attention: If there is a person of color in line behind you, please allow them to go in front of you, so these people will STFU!
Ouchy Faucci failed us!
Yes “equity” is a major issue that must be accomplished.
And then support vaccine passports.
Take Florida for example.. RonDeSantisFL has been making money by selling the vaccine to his rich donors! Criminal
HolyMidweekWord 당신이 믿음을 가지고 있다는 증거는 당신이 하고 있는 믿음의 행실입니다.
look at that smug grin, disgusting.