Irene Khan Quotes

• There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights.

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  Respect, Rights, Justice

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• El mundo no necesita una guerra contra el "terrorismo", necesita una cultura de paz basada en los derechos humanos para todos.

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  Peace, War, Rights

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• There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation.

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  Rights, Names, Abuse

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• No cause can justify the abuse of human rights.

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  Rights, Abuse, Causes

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• Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is why human rights must not be ignored but given even greater prominence in times of economic crisis.

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  Rights, Insecurity, Income

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• Human security comes only with human rights and the rule of law. Human rights are the basis for creating strong and accountable states without which there can be no political stability or social progress.

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  Strong, Rights, Law

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• The United States has been ambiguous on the current situation in Nepal. They have not actually come out very strongly in terms of pushing the king to take measures on the detentions or abuses by the army. China continues to provide military equipment.

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  Kings, Military, Army

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• Guantanamo has become the gulag of our time.

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  Gulags, Our Time, Guantanamo

  "Guantanamo the 'gulag of our time'". Irene Khan's speech at the news conference during the celebration of the publication of Amnesty's annual report, www.denverpost.com. May 25, 2005.

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• It would be easy for this conflict to slip off the political agenda given how long it has been going on but for the sake of the people of Nepal for whom it is a daily tragic reality, the world must remain engaged and keep up the pressure on the government and the Maoists.

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  Reality, Government, Long

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• Racism is an attack on the very notion of the universality of human rights. It systematically denies certain people the enjoyment of their full human rights because of their colour, race, ethnicity, descent or national origin.

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  Rights, Race, Ethnicity

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• As the world continues to turn away from the use of the death penalty, it is a glaring anomaly that China, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the USA stand out for their extreme use of this form of punishment as the 'top' executioners in the world.

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  Iran, Punishment, Usa

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• I hate to call it crossfire, what the rapid action battalion attributes for the custodial deaths, as there must be two parties in any such incident. But the reality is the just found body of the victim.

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  Hate, Party, Reality

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