Citat:
Ursprungligen postat av
arbetet
Referenser finns i originaldokumentet:
https://counter-hegemonic-studies.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/TA-hum-war-18-1.pdf
Och som jag förutsåg, ad hominem är det enda du kan uppbringa tydligen.
God natt din stolle!
HRW can therefore be said to represent a corporatised, US based lobby on rights issues,
catering to the wealthy and closely aligned to US foreign policy (Anderson 2010). Despite its
refusal of government funds, conflicts of interest are apparent. For example, HRW director
Ken Roth regularly attacks US foreign policy enemies, but has been criticised for saying little
about President Obama’s killer drone program (Bhatt 2014b). The main objects of HRW in
Latin America, for many years, were Cuba and Venezuela; mostly ignoring Colombia, key
US ally and the biggest killer of journalists, trade unionists and lawyers (Anderson 2010). At
times the political motivation has been explicit. The 2008 HRW report on Venezuela under
the late President Hugo Chavez mainly focused on issues of political discrimination in
employment and the judiciary (HRW 2008). It was criticised by more than 100 academics
(including this writer) for not meeting ‘even the most minimal standards of scholarship,
impartiality, accuracy or credibility’ (Acuña et al 2008). HRW responded: the report was
written, according to HRW Director for the Americas, José Miguel Vivanco, ‘because we
wanted to demonstrate to the world that Venezuela is not a model for anyone’ (Roth 2008).
The political agenda was clear.
https://www.hrw.org/report/1996/11/01/colombias-killer-networks/military-paramilitary-partnership-and-united-states
https://www.hrw.org/report/2001/10/04/sixth-division/military-paramilitary-ties-and-us-policy-colombia
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/colombia#73fccc
Motbevisat med en googlesökning.
Tim Anderson bör inte tas på allvar av någon med genuint intresse av händelseförloppen i Syrien.