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national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report

Friday January 30, 2004 10:21

by robby

HUMAN rights organisations, including Amnesty International, have condemned comments made by Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble in which he called human rights groups a "great curse" and accused them of complicity in terrorist killings.

"One of the great curses of this world is the human rights industry," Mr Trimble said at an international conference of terrorism victims in Madrid this week.

"They justify terrorist acts and end up being complicit in the murder of innocent victims."

The Nobel Peace laureate's comments provoked an angry response.

Amnesty's Patrick Corrigan said the remarks were "well off the mark and ill-advised".

Steve Crawshaw of Human Rights Watch, said:"It is extraordinarily regrettable and disappointing that, above all, a man like that says something like this."

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#	Title	Author	Date
1	I think he has a point.	Alan O' Shea	Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:12
2	Trimble cannot be ignored.	Patrick Bergin	Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:15
3	Human Rights For All	An Injury to One is an Injury to All	Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:40
4	Trimble and Overstatement	Michael Turley	Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:56
5	Why the surprise?	matt	Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:07
6	Why the surprise?	Michael Turley	Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:39
7	Alan O' Shea	depp	Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:52
8	he doesn't like what they say about him	Mike	Fri Jan 30, 2004 13:30
9	reply to Alan	Irene	Fri Jan 30, 2004 15:18
10	Alan O'Shea	jeff	Fri Jan 30, 2004 18:05
11	Patrick Bergin.	jeff	Fri Jan 30, 2004 18:14
12	The rest of yis..	jeff	Fri Jan 30, 2004 18:34
13	State-backed Terror in Columbia	Orla	Fri Jan 30, 2004 20:51
14	No Surprise at Trimble's Comments	John Meehan	Fri Jan 30, 2004 23:42
15	It's Colombia, not Columbia	Desmond Fennell	Sat Jan 31, 2004 22:37
16	Desmond Fennell??	matt	Sun Feb 01, 2004 00:19
17	Matt	Desmond Fennell	Sun Feb 01, 2004 01:45
18	No offence meant!	mattt	Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:43
19	Are you serioulsy suggesting the CIA are drugrunning?	Desmond Fennell	Sun Feb 01, 2004 13:00
20	Ever heard of Contragate?	LizH	Sun Feb 01, 2004 15:56
21	Re. CIA and drug-running	dopey	Sun Feb 01, 2004 18:27
22	Opium Wars	dopey	Sun Feb 01, 2004 19:30
23	Um, Opium was considered a medicine throughout the 19th century	Desmond Fennell	Sun Feb 01, 2004 22:04
24	Well done ...	dopey	Sun Feb 01, 2004 22:53
25	A parting shot	dopey	Sun Feb 01, 2004 23:31
26	It's getting addictive ...	dopey	Sun Feb 01, 2004 23:39
27	Dopey	Desmond Fennell	Mon Feb 02, 2004 02:43
28	New theory of Opium wars!	Badman	Mon Feb 02, 2004 04:38
29	Your're the f***in child "Desmond" ...	matt	Mon Feb 02, 2004 13:44
30	Prove it!	Desmond	Mon Feb 02, 2004 14:31
31	WARNING: DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS	Dopey	Mon Feb 02, 2004 21:20
32	Can't kick the habit ......	Dopey	Mon Feb 02, 2004 21:53
33	Common troll	Sean Doyle	Mon Feb 02, 2004 22:17
34	Could well be .....	Dopey	Mon Feb 02, 2004 22:24
35	Dopey	Desmond Fennell	Tue Feb 03, 2004 02:00
36	Time waster Desmond	Freddy	Tue Feb 03, 2004 04:09
37	Whose ass ?	Dopey	Tue Feb 03, 2004 08:01
38	Re. Any fool can publish allegations on a website based on the flimsiest of evidence and the most do	Dopey	Tue Feb 03, 2004 08:09
39	read this short review	tom	Tue Feb 03, 2004 15:26
40	Doesn't seem worth it	Leon	Tue Feb 03, 2004 15:52
41	Gary Webb's journalism has been discredited long ago	Desmond Fennell	Wed Feb 04, 2004 03:37
42	Desmond, you're looking pretty selectively I fear	Badman	Wed Feb 04, 2004 04:01
43	Now, I said the burden of PROOF is on you people	Desmond Fennell	Wed Feb 04, 2004 04:46
44	Re. "a reliable source, for example a national news agency or newspaper"	Dopey	Wed Feb 04, 2004 08:23
45	None of the allegations have any subtance	Desmond Fennell	Wed Feb 04, 2004 17:16
46	Feeding the Trolls	Leon	Wed Feb 04, 2004 17:36
47	I see no "role" played by the CIA there	Desmond Fennell	Wed Feb 04, 2004 19:00
48	Sorry Desmond	Badman	Wed Feb 04, 2004 20:35
49	Come clean Desmond	Dopey	Wed Feb 04, 2004 20:49
50	Re. "None of the allegations have any subtance (sic.)"	Dopey	Wed Feb 04, 2004 21:01
51	Bzzzt..Not logical..Bzzt.. Does not compute	Desmond Fennell	Wed Feb 04, 2004 23:40
52	The Question	Leon	Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:14
53	Re. All I've seen are allegations without a single hard fact to back them up.	Dopey	Thu Feb 05, 2004 19:06
54	The best information available ...	Dopey	Thu Feb 05, 2004 19:17
55	OK this has descended into farce	Desmond Fennell	Fri Feb 06, 2004 02:19
56	Crackpot Chomsky	Badman	Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:21
57	DF	Curious	Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:17
58	Re. Farce ?	Dopey	Fri Feb 06, 2004 20:43
59	Still there Desmond ?	Dopey	Fri Feb 06, 2004 20:54
60	Re. Langley	Dopey	Fri Feb 06, 2004 21:04
61	I GOT IT DESMOND !!!!	Dopey	Fri Feb 06, 2004 21:24
62	How about the CJR ?	Dopey	Fri Feb 06, 2004 21:37
63	My last offer ...	Dopey	Fri Feb 06, 2004 21:49
64	Same old smoke and mirrors	Desmond Fennell	Sat Feb 07, 2004 04:20
65	Re. The War on Communism	Dopey	Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:15
66	MOCKINGBIRD	Dopey	Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:27
67	Re. the defeat of communism was the number one priority in the 20th century	Curious	Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:50
68	Get yorselves educated kids	Desmond Fennell	Sat Feb 07, 2004 21:50
69	Pardon the question Uncle Desmond ...	Cold Warrior	Sat Feb 07, 2004 23:27
70	What do you think the Cuban Missile Crisis was??	Desmond Fennell	Sat Feb 07, 2004 23:35
71	A bit confused Desmond ?	Cold Warrior	Sat Feb 07, 2004 23:42
72	Desmond you're a gas man	Dopey	Sun Feb 08, 2004 00:16
73	Education	Desmond Fennell	Sun Feb 08, 2004 02:08
74	Education for you Desmond	Dr. Strangelove	Sun Feb 08, 2004 02:49
75	Document PPS23, 24th February 1948	George Kennan	Sun Feb 08, 2004 02:59
76	Now,now Dr Strangelove	Desmond Fennell	Sun Feb 08, 2004 03:17
77	Re. A greater threat ?	Dr. Strangelove	Sun Feb 08, 2004 03:28
78	Hitler declared war on the USA on Dec 11th, 1941.	Desmond Fennell	Sun Feb 08, 2004 04:02
79	Correct Desmond, but ...	Dr. Strangelove	Sun Feb 08, 2004 13:17
80	My point being ...	Dr. Strangelove	Sun Feb 08, 2004 13:26
81	Not forgetting ...	Dr. Strangelove	Sun Feb 08, 2004 13:31
82	But, NOTHING Dr Strangelove	Desmond Fennell	Sun Feb 08, 2004 19:59
83	NO Desmond ...	Dr. Strangelove	Sun Feb 08, 2004 20:57
84	Dr Strangelove	Desmond Fennell	Sun Feb 08, 2004 23:26
85	Re. Gordian Knot	Dr. Strangelove	Mon Feb 09, 2004 21:36
86	Churchill	Desmond Fennell	Tue Feb 10, 2004 02:26
87	How dare you ....	Dr. Strangelove	Tue Feb 10, 2004 21:44
88	Not a Marxist	Desmond Fennell	Wed Feb 11, 2004 02:18
89	You've been outed!	Earth Citizen	Wed Feb 11, 2004 03:46
90	Earth Citizen, you're mistaken	Desmond Fennell	Wed Feb 11, 2004 08:44
91	Well spoken Desmond	Dr. Strangelove	Wed Feb 11, 2004 21:50
92	Well, I'll take that as a compliment!!	Desmond Fennell	Thu Feb 12, 2004 08:56
93	Ah Desmond	Dr. Strangelove	Fri Feb 13, 2004 21:50
94	Another appeaser	Desmond Fennell	Sat Feb 14, 2004 03:00
95	Desmond	Sean Doyle	Sat Feb 14, 2004 03:24
96	Chiraq and Putin blocked the US to keep their cushy contracts	Desmond Fennell	Sat Feb 14, 2004 04:13
97	Re. UN was not set up to police the US	Dr. Strangelove	Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:59
98	Wake up Desmond !	Dr. Strangelove	Sat Feb 14, 2004 23:59
99	The US is de facto the World Policeman	Desmond Fennell	Sun Feb 15, 2004 03:03
100	The USA has been in control for the majority of C20	R Isible	Sun Feb 15, 2004 04:30
101	Aid me arse	Julius Caesar	Sun Feb 15, 2004 04:53
102	No clarity in your thinking - either of you	Desmond Fennell	Mon Feb 16, 2004 02:48
103	Desmond	Mark	Mon Feb 16, 2004 03:56
104	Sigh	Desmond Fennell	Tue Feb 17, 2004 22:52
105	All he wanted was a serious debate ...	Dr. Strangelove	Tue Feb 17, 2004 23:16
106	The Sorrows of Empire (continued)	Dr. Strangelove	Tue Feb 17, 2004 23:29
107	Chalmers, Le Carré, Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky	Desmond Fennell	Wed Feb 18, 2004 02:06
108	Good link for Desmond	Brutus	Wed Feb 18, 2004 04:32
109	Re. You're all too young to understand your history	Dr. Strangelove	Wed Feb 18, 2004 09:46
110	Chalmers Johnson is a crank	Desmond Fennell	Thu Feb 19, 2004 06:57
111	OOps	Rooster	Mon Jul 19, 2004 02:32

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