the human rights group Amnesty International called on Canadian authorities Wednesday to arrest former President George W. Bush when he attends an economic summit in the province of British Columbia next week.
The group accused Bush of “responsibility for crimes under international law including torture.”
…“Canada is required by its international obligations to arrest and prosecute former President Bush given his responsibility for crimes under international law including torture,” Susan Lee, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said in a statement.
The Canadian government responded to the request with critical words for Amnesty International.
“I cannot comment on individual cases… that said, Amnesty International cherry picks cases to publicize based on ideology. This kind of stunt helps explain why so many respected human rights advocates have abandoned Amnesty International,” Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney told POLITICO, noting that Amnesty International had never sought a court order to bar Cuban dictator Fidel Castro or Tongolese dicator Gnassingbé Eyadema from Canada.
“Perhaps this helps to explain why Salman Rushie has said that ‘it looks very much as if Amnesty’s leadership is suffering from a kind of moral bankruptcy,’ and why Christopher Hitchens has written about the organization’s ‘degeneration and politicization,’” Kenney added.
Who is funding Amnesty International?
I’m hoping Obama visits Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s county and gets arrested as an illegal.
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Who is this Jason Kenney?
I learned so much just reading his quotes….then checking on their truthfulness.
I had no idea AI had fallen quite that far.
Kenney is the MP from Forest lawn- McKenzie- Dover in Calgary. He wins his elections with 100k plurality every federal election and is the present immigration minister. Get this. He is pro life, Israel, taxpayer,energy independence, defense, and secured borders. He’s a genuine Catholic, a real conservative and a Harper lieutenant. The lefties hate him with a passion.