Amnesty International condemns spread of brutality in the Middle East
Amnesty International, in its annual report on the Middle East, condemned the phenomenon of impunity for criminals. The organization also criticized Iran for its violent suppression of popular demonstrations protesting the country's poor economic and social conditions.
In its annual report on the Middle East region, published on Tuesday, February 26, Amnesty International criticized, above all, the increasing cases of impunity for criminals and criminals.
The human rights organization has warned that “global indifference is fanning the flames of atrocities in the Middle East.”
Amnesty International writes in its report: "Repression of civil society activists and political opponents has sharply increased in Egypt, Iran, and Saudi Arabia."
Amnesty International says: “Across the region, government authorities resort to arbitrary detentions, excessive violence against protesters, and administrative measures to restrict civil society.”
The human rights organization says that "global indifference to human rights violations" in 2018 has fueled the "brutality and impunity" in the region.
Amnesty International's report mentions the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, and states that "no concrete action was taken to ensure justice for those responsible for the murder."
Amnesty International welcomes the “rare steps” taken by countries such as Denmark and Germany to halt arms exports to Saudi Arabia, while noting that “important Saudi allies, including the US, UK and France, have not taken such steps.”
The human rights organization also condemns Saudi Arabia's military invasion of Yemen, saying that the Saudi-led military coalition is "responsible for war crimes" and has played a major role in creating a "humanitarian catastrophe" in the war-torn country.
Amnesty International also condemns the crackdown on protesters in Gaza and the West Bank, which reportedly resulted in the deaths of “at least 195 Palestinians, 41 of whom were children.”
Amnesty International also criticized Iran, including for its crackdown on popular demonstrations against the country’s poor economic and social conditions. “Security forces violently beat and dispersed unarmed protesters, using live ammunition, tear gas and water cannons, resulting in the deaths and injuries of several people,” the Amnesty International report said.
Amnesty International has accused Syria, Libya and Yemen of “war crimes” that have devastated the three countries with deadly conflicts and humanitarian catastrophes. The rights group says that in these three countries, “military forces have targeted civilian homes, hospitals and medical facilities with airstrikes and sometimes even used cluster bombs, which are banned globally.”
Amnesty International has also pointed to several developments in the field of human rights in the Middle East, which it has called "lights of hope."
For example, in the Maghreb countries (Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco), laws to combat violence against women were implemented, and in Saudi Arabia, the ban on women driving was lifted.
Source: DW
