Amnesty International-USA’s Executive director Suzanne Nossel appears to be taking a major human rights organization in an inhumane direction.
Why I Had to Challenge Amnesty International-USA’s Claim

Jodie Evans, AlterNet

A controversy has been brewing about Amnesty International-USA’s ad campaign and shadow summit during the NATO summit last May in Chicago. The headline, “NATO: KEEP THE PROGRESS GOING” superimposed over Afghan women in burqas has since been termed by Amnesty as an unfortunate choice of words, but is actually consistent with both the tone of the shadow summit featuring Madeleine Albright, and a letter she and others sent to presidents Karzai and Obama.

The messaging appears to support NATO’s absurd claim, signed by heads of state at the summit: “In the ten years of our partnership the lives of Afghan men, women and children, have improved significantly in terms of security, education, health care, economic opportunity and the assurance of rights and freedoms. There is more to be done, but we are resolved to work together to preserve the substantial progress we have made during the past decade.”  Suggesting living in war zones is good for women.

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