Amnesty International's Annual Report On Human Rights Is Now Released

Economic, Food Crises Worsen Human Rights Abuses -- Voice of America

Amnesty International has released its annual report on the state of the world's human rights and it warns the global economic and food crises are contributing to billions of people suffering from insecurity, injustice and indignity.

Erwin van der Borght, director of amnesty's Africa Program, says when the food crisis began last year it set the stage for rights abuses.

"Thousands of people moved into the streets to demonstrate against the increased cost of living, against the high price of food. And reaction we have seen from authorities was often to repress those demonstrations and to arrest people arbitrarily," he says.

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My Comment: Amnesty International's report can be found here.