On 25/05/05, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Violence Against Women Rampant in Asia
> KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Violence and systematic > discrimination against women was rampant in Asia last > year, ranging from acid attacks for unpaid dowries in > Bangladesh to forced abortion in China, rape by > soldiers in Nepal and domestic beatings in Australia, > Amnesty International said. RESPONSE: Amnesty had this to say about the USA too! : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4580991.stm Amnesty accuses US over 'torture' US soldiers with Iraqi detainees The US is accused of damaging human rights across the world Governments around the world betrayed their commitment to human rights in 2004, Amnesty International says. In a 300-page annual report, the group accused the US government of damaging human rights with its attitude to torture and treatment of detainees. This granted "a licence to others to commit abuse with impunity", the human rights advocates said. ...................................