Amnesty International’s “Kangaroo Report” on Human Rights in Syria
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By Rick Sterling
Global Research
This article was first crossposted in February 2017.
Introduction
Amnesty International (AI) has done some good investigations and reports over the years. This has won them widespread support. However, less well recognized, Amnesty International has also carried out faulty investigations contributing to bloody and disastrous actions. One prominent example is in Iraq, where AI “corroborated” the false story that Iraqi soldiers were stealing incubators from Kuwait, leaving babies to die on the cold floor. The deception was planned and carried out in Washington DC to influence the public and Congress.
A more recent example is from 2011 where false accusations were being made about Libya and its leader as Western and Gulf powers sought to...