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Reply to "Amnesty International chastises Guyana for Human Rights violations"

Originally Posted by Shaitaan:
Originally Posted by Nehru:

Tell them to go to HELL!!!

 

Remember when Jagan and the PPP/C auntyman dem used to run and cry to these same people you now have such disdain for?

One afternoon in early 1980, I was sitting in the public gallery of the National Assembly listening to a debate.

Burnham wasn't yet president so he sat at the head of the government benches. Cheddi Jagan in his presentation waved a copy of the latest AI report, saying that Amnesty International deplored human rights violations in Guyana. Burnham listened to Jagan and didn't heckle.

When Burnham's turn came to speak, he said something like this: "Comrade Speaker, the Honourable Leader of the Opposition says Amnesty International has criticized my government for alleged human rights violations. I have also read that report Dr Jagan has on the table and I wish to direct the honourable member's attention to the section on the Soviet Union, his Mecca. The same report condemns the Soviet Union for violations a thousand times worse."

Well, to cut a long story short, neither Dr Jagan nor the Mirror ever quoted an AI report on Guyana again. In fact, I was at a Union of Journalists Ex-co meeting at Freedom House during which Janet Jagan called Amnesty International a "double-edged sword."

 

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