http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/2917 <!--paging_filter--><p>Well, given the contortions in modern liberalism, Amnesty's abandonment of universal human rights was always likely. In the 2000s I wrote that Amnesty was becoming equivocal about political violence, torture, racism and the hatred of women and gays if abuse could not be blamed on the West. (<a href="/node/2671">Here</a> scroll down.) Still, its final collapse remains a melancholy spectacle and a shocking one.<p><a href="/node/2917"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/2917#comments Amnesty International Gita Sahgal Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:50:10 +0000 Nick Cohen 2917 at http://standpointmag.co.uk