Amnesty International: Arizona Law Violates Human Rights

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El Universal, Amnesty International, News Report, Posted: Apr 27, 2010

WASHINGTON -- Amnesty International announced that it was "appalled" over SB 1070, Arizona's new law that makes it a crime to be undocumented, saying the legislation "will surely increase racial profiling, arbitrary arrests and detentions in the state." In a statement released Tuesday, the human rights organization charged that by signing the bill into law, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer had "abdicated her responsibility to protect the human rights of every individual in Arizona...not just those who look 'American.'" Amnesty International called the law "cruel and misguided," adding, "Human rights exist regardless of nationality, ethnicity or immigration status."

Amnesty International noted that the fundamental right to liberty and protection against arbitrary detention is a universal human right that applies to migrants regardless of status and is protected in Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), signed and ratified by the United States. This right is also in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 16 of the Convention on Migrant Workers.

 

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Anonymous

Posted Jul 29 2010

What about Americans rights to protect its borders? Amnesty will give insurgents a hole to crawl through and gives Americans no power to stop it. Is this the goal of American government? It sure looks that way to me. Now lets talk racism. I have done a little research on SB1070 and could not find any language that says anything about any particular race, religion, or nationality. In that document it is pretty plain that it deals with immigration and illegal immigrants. It is a vain nation that thinks this law is all about them. It is wrong for a nation to think that they can come over and wave their flag in front of our face and demand equal rights but refuse to do it the legal way. I wonder what would happen if Americans went to Mexico and waved our flag in their faces and demanded equal rights? I have a feeling we would either end up in jail or shot! One more thing, if they do not like our law I say we drop it and adopt Mexico's immigration laws.

Anonymous

Posted Aug 30 2010

Immigrats have rights, illegal aliens do not. They are criminals and should be treated as criminals.

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