Religions > Atheism > OT: Axis of execution: American justice ranked alongside world's most repressive regimes
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OT: Axis of execution: American justice ranked alongside world's most repressive regimes |
Axis of execution: American justice ranked alongside world's most
repressive regimes
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=509209
By Justin Huggler, Asia Correspondent
07 April 2004
America is just one of just four countries responsible for 84 per cent
of executions around the world last year, a report released yesterday
by Amnesty International said.
The report groups the US with China, Iran and Vietnam as one of the
countries responsible for the overwhelming majority of executions
worldwide. It puts America ahead of Saudi Arabia, Sudan and the
Democratic Republic of Congo for known executions although in many
countries complete figures are unknown. The US and China were the only
countries in the world to execute child offenders last year, the
report says.
Amnesty International
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| User: "Bob Dog" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Axis of execution: American justice ranked alongside world's most repressive regimes |
07 Apr 2004 01:03:54 PM |
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(maff) wrote in message news:<18510aff.0404070046.18d4d755@posting.google.com>...
Axis of execution: American justice ranked alongside world's most
repressive regimes
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=509209
By Justin Huggler, Asia Correspondent
07 April 2004
America is just one of just four countries responsible for 84 per cent
of executions around the world last year, a report released yesterday
by Amnesty International said.
The report groups the US with China, Iran and Vietnam as one of the
countries responsible for the overwhelming majority of executions
worldwide. It puts America ahead of Saudi Arabia, Sudan and the
Democratic Republic of Congo for known executions although in many
countries complete figures are unknown. The US and China were the only
countries in the world to execute child offenders last year, the
report says.
Just like every other year. Of course, these facts have never
been newsworthy in the US.
http://www.fair.org/activism/abc-hrw.html
It's now the 10th anniversary of the genocides in Rwanda, and
I've still never heard a valid reason for the US not to send
troops (other than, of course, there being no oil in Rwanda).
As I've said before and is still true: no civilized country
in the world has the death penalty. Having the death penalty
proves that you aren't civilized.
But then, protecting human rights has never been an important
issue for Shrub.
Bush campaign gear breaking sanctions
http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=38014
Kerry goods: U.S.-made
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-bzkerr273725201mar27,0,2877993.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-print
Shrub's campaign clothes cost $20 more than Kerry's (the same
items), yet were made by slave labour for less money. And it
undoubtedly is slave labour, the Burmese regime (the SLORC)
has been shown to have kidnapped people for forced labour.
Bob Dog
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Bush campaign gear breaking sanctions
The official merchandise for George W. Bush's re-election
campaign on georgewbushstore.com has clothing made in Burma (now
called Myanmar), whose goods were banned by Bush from the U.S.
as sanctions on the Burmese military dictatorship.
A fleece pullover embroidered with the Bush-Cheney '04 logo has
a label stating it was made in Burma. The merchandise is handled
by Spalding Group, a supplier of campaign products, that says it
worked for the last 5 Republican presidential nominees.
Bush signed into law the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act,
stating that "The United States will not waver from its
commitment to the cause of democracy and human rights in Burma."
Violators of the import ban are subject to fines and jail.
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Kerry goods: U.S.-made
BY LAUREN WEBER
STAFF WRITER
March 27, 2004
Political candidates often say they don't like labels, but John
Kerry's campaign doesn't mind the ones found on its garments -
the ones that say "Made in USA."
Unlike similar merchandise ordered from President George W.
Bush's re-election campaign, a sampling of clothes ordered at
the same time by Newsday from John Kerry's online campaign store
all bear labels that say they were made in the United States.
The $62 worth of clothing - from www.kerrygear.com - included a
baseball cap, a T-shirt and a fleece jacket.
The Democrats' goods, similar to the items ordered from the Bush
campaign, cost $20 less than the Republican gear, which was
$81.85. They did, however, take a week longer to arrive.
Bush's campaign didn't immediately respond to requests for
comment.
Last week, Newsday reported that campaign gear ordered from the
Bush merchandise Web site - www.georgewbushstore.com - included
a fleece pullover made in Burma, whose imports were banned by
Bush last year, and a T-shirt made in Mexico. The Bush campaign
called the Burma sourcing an accident, and its supplier produced
a purchase order showing it had asked for American-made products.
White, 100-percent cotton T-shirts made in the United States cost
nearly $2 each wholesale, said Paul McConnell, vice president of
Cranston, R.I.-based Financial Innovations, which sells the Kerry
gear. Comparable foreign-made T-shirts cost under $1, he said.
Financial Innovations president Mark Weiner explained the price
difference this way: "We really care about electing Democrats.
.... We want to make money, but our main goal is to see as much
Kerry merchandise out there as possible."
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| User: "SMChristenson" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Axis of execution: American justice ranked alongside world's most repressive regimes |
07 Apr 2004 08:57:49 AM |
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On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 01:46:09 -0700, maff wrote:
Axis of execution: American justice ranked alongside world's most
repressive regimes
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=509209
By Justin Huggler, Asia Correspondent 07 April 2004
America is just one of just four countries responsible for 84 per cent
of executions around the world last year, a report released yesterday by
Amnesty International said.
The report groups the US with China, Iran and Vietnam as one of the
countries responsible for the overwhelming majority of executions
I've been saying for years that if the American people really understood
what pigs of nations we lie with on the issue of execution, they would be
ashamed.
But I think this shows religion isn't a big part of it. Sure, it gets
couched in "eye for an eye" Old Testament blood justice in the U.S. but
look at the division. Religious fundamentalism? Sure for the U.S. and
Iran. But China and Vietnam "don't have religion", right? Secular
communist regimes.
No. It's all about repression in nations with extremes of inequality.
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