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  US condemned over rights abuses
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Last EditedLiberal  May 28, 2004 11:49am
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News DateFriday, May 28, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe "war on terror" led by the US is behind a surge of human rights abuses around the world, according to a report by Amnesty International.
The organisation said America's assault against global terrorism had "made the world a more dangerous place".

It said reactions to the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US still dominated the way human rights were dealt with.

US officials said they took Amnesty's report "seriously", but said America was a "leader" in human rights.

Amnesty also criticised other countries for their treatment of terror suspects.

Amnesty's Secretary General Irene Khan said the US pursuit of security had actually made the world a more dangerous place.

"Sacrificing human rights in the name of security at home, turning a blind eye to abuses abroad and using pre-emptive military force where and when it chooses, have neither increased security nor ensured liberty," she said.

The report cites the hundreds of detainees from around 40 countries who are being held by the US without charge in Iraq, Cuba and Afghanistan.


It has refused to grant prisoner-of-war status to more than 600 detainees at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, choosing to describe them as "illegal combatants".

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