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The truth about stoning to death in Iran

I wouldn't want anyone to think that my criticisms of Hillary Clinton the other day over her contretemps with the Iranian foreign minister meant I was particularly sympathetic to him either. He's a...

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Why is Amnesty hosting a Hamas-friendly publisher of racists?

When Amnesty International sacked the brilliant feminist Gita Sahgal for pointing out the obvious human rights bloomer in her organisation’s partnership with Moazzem Begg – a man who, the Telegraph...

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Amnesty International, MEMO and the Palestinian writer who calls Jews 'kikes'

Two weeks ago, I pointed out how Amnesty International was due on 23 May to give over its Human Rights Action Centre in London to a discussion of Zionist control of the media co-hosted by Middle East...

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Amnesty should get over its Messiah complex: the people of the Third World...

The campaign video above captures pretty well why I won’t be wishing Amnesty International a happy 50th birthday. It features Amnesty’s Western supporters looking gobsmackingly smug as they imagine...

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Liberals shouldn't shed any tears for executed murderer Troy Davis

A few months ago, I was invited to a “death penalty salon” in Hollywood to discuss the fate of Troy Davis. About a hundred producers, screenwriters and actors sat on picnic blankets and listened as the...

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Why the white, Western 'sisterhood' feels uncomfortable with Saudi women...

The granting of the right to vote to women in Saudi Arabia is a wonderful leap forward for democracy. Yet it has induced a weird concoction of cynicism and shoulder-shrugging indifference amongst the...

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Amnesty International and the White Tweeter's Burden

Want to free all humankind from bondage and usher in a new era of global liberty? There's an app for that. At least, according to Amnesty International there is. In a new advertising campaign, flagged...

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The hypocrisy of the hacks and human-rights activists who are sneering at...

The speed with which it has become fashionable to knock Kony 2012 is almost as disorientating as the speed with which this weird campaign emerged in the first place. No sooner had millions of...

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Did Amnesty International unwittingly assist the Egyptian military in its...

Normally, Amnesty International is a thorn in the side of governments which brand their critics "terrorists" and slaughter them en masse. Tyrannical governments often feel panicked by Amnesty, fearing...

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Amnesty International refuses to distance itself from suspected terrorist

Among the four people arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of Syria-related terror offences this week was Moazzam Begg, 45, who had previously been held at Guantanamo Bay. Begg – who won compensation...

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