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HRW demands end to human rights abuses and trial for abusers
[Libya Herald] Human Rights Watch... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... (HRW) has demanded the outside world "press all sides" to end the bloodshed and to bring to justice those who are breaking international human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... law. In its World Report 2015, HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth urged governments to recognise that human rights offer an effective moral guide in turbulent times. Violating those rights could spark or aggravate security challenges. With the outbreak of new armed conflicts and the further collapse of government authority in much of the country, human rights conditions in Libya had a reached their lowest point since the end of the revolt that toppled Muammar Qadaffy ...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later... in 2011, the report said. Clashes between armed militias starting in May have killed hundreds of people and displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes. In addition, the fighting has destroyed vital civilian infrastructure and caused severe shortages of food. "Libya's opposing political factions show utter disregard for civilian lives as they wage war against each other and commit war crimes and other serious abuses with impunity," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at HRW. Posted by: Fred 2015-01-31 |
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