The leader of Amnesty International said in a talk Wednesday that the United States has taken too narrow a view of how to fight terrorism and said she hopes the next president can be more effective in protecting the vulnerable across the world.
Irene Khan, secretary general of the human rights organization, addressed students and others at the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Arkansas.
“People around the world are looking to the U.S. on human rights issues,” Khan said afterward. “It is disappointing to see the U.S. focus on counterterrorism erode human rights.”
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Khan said the world is eager for the United States to have a new leader who will take a more expansive view of how to address the world’s problems, pursuing solutions to poverty, deficient health care, oppression of women and other human rights issues.
Plus, the best laugh we’ve had all day:
Amnesty International was founded in 1961 at the height of the Cold War. The organization does not back any political system, preferring to stay neutral.
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