Amnesty International decries the double standards of Western countries for rallying behind a “robust response” to Russia's attack on Ukraine but remaining “lukewarm' on human rights violations in the Middle East
Amnesty also criticised Israel for its ongoing raids on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with the past months being among the deadliest in years.
Amnesty International said on Tuesday that such double standards only fuel further repression for millions in the region.at a news conference at its office in Beirut, Lebanon's capital. Every year, the report documents and analyzes patterns of human rights violations and abuses across the world. “They immediately opened their borders to receive refugees from Ukraine,” Aya Majzoub, Amnesty's deputy chief for Mideast and North Africa, said of Western nations — a stark contrast to how the same countries generally treat refugees and migrants trying to flee war-torn Syria, the conflict in Libya or Lebanon's economic meltdown.
But such a strong response was lacking during Syria's 12-year-old brutal civil war. “That’s perpetuated the culture of impunity and empowered Putin to commit the crimes that he was committing in Ukraine,” she said.Amnesty's report said Middle Eastern governments took advantage of the situation over the past year and doubled down on repressing dissidents while neglecting obligations to respond to economic crises.
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