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I think that the International Secretariat could still issue a strong statement or a report on the situation in Iraq. The organization could also ask members in other nations to campaign. In my view, AI has made a political decision not to condemn the sanctions. Sandeep J. Vernon > > Aren't national branches of Amnesty prevented from criticising policies of > their own governments? This could stop Amnesty UK from intervening on the > issue of sanctions - After all, the UK is the USA's chief partner in > crime. Amnesty had the same problem with IRA hunger strikers in the 80s. > > J Vernon > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the > whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html