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Will HRW and AI charge the US for war crimes?
Posted on May 9th, 2009 No commentsSimon Baker
09 May 2009
Will HRW and AI charge the US for war crimes?A probe confirms deaths due to American airstrikes in Afghanistan:
Afghan officials have estimated up to 147 people died in the battle in the western province of Farah on Monday.
U.S. coalition blamed Taliban militants Saturday for causing what Afghan officials say are dozens of civilian deaths during a prolonged battle that included American airstrikes. The U.S. said an unspecified number of civilians died but did not take responsibility for any deaths. Why not?
Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton who tells that she is concerned about civilians in Sri Lanka has come under heavy fire from newspapers around the globe for simply saying sorry and doing nothing else after Americans killed of over 100 Afghan civilians including children.
Saudi Arabia’s leading newspaper The Arab News Said in an editorial, “stop killing and start caring about ordinary Afghans. Slaughtering them and then apologizing is contemptible.”
Aren’t civilians everywhere considered equal?Will Human Rights Watch based in NY and Amnesty International based in London crucify us Americans for this?
What about war crimes? (Hope we get a free pass!)
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Anna Neistat
Posted on May 9th, 2009 No commentsSybil Fawlty
To HRW
Hello, I read a news item about one of your top officials, Anna Neistat, who has been black listed by the Sri Lanka Govt. due to violation of its immigration laws and for forging travel documents.If this allegation is true, then it tells a lot about the operations of your organization. If you have to resort to this level of behavior then what you put out as ‘independent reports’ must consist of questionable information and views. I am sure you will agree that such type of actions has a huge impact on HRW’s integrity.
As supporters of HRW, we would like to know the truth about Ms. Neistat’s ‘illegal and dubious operations’ in Sri Lanka. I think it is high time that HRW come clean with its dealings in other countries because this is not the first occasion when HRW has been accused of improper conduct and resorting to questionable ways of conducting its business.
The other day I came across a web site called HRW-Watch who claim that they keep a watch on HRW’s activities – and all I can say is that these web sites would not have come into existence if HRW was honest and played by its rules. It is a sad state of affairs when the so-called guardians of the truth cannot be trusted anymore. I only hope, HRW has not stooped to this low level of operations.
Best regards,
Sybil
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Human Rights Watch official ban for violating immigration and emigration regulations
Posted on May 9th, 2009 No commentsLanka-e-News 08.May.2009, 6.15pm
Sri Lankan authorities have taken steps to ban Sri Lanka for a lady official of Human Rights Watch who has entered into the country in a false identity submitting fake information.
Ms. Anna Nistat, a senior researcher of the Human Rights Watch arrived in Sri Lanka under a tourist visa submitting fake information to immigration and emigration officials. She has then visited the camps of the displaced persons in Vauniya and recorded statements from inmates.
Following her Sri Lanka visit, she has passed this information to a US senator who then briefed to UN about Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan authorities later found that she had not obtained the credentials for such a research. Therefore, the Immigration and emigration Department of Sri Lanka has taken steps to ban visa for Anna Nistat of Human Rights Watch since she has found guilty of violating immigration and emigration regulations.