At the time expressed my disagreement with Amnesty International with respect to its position in the case of John, which I thought was hypocritical as well as erroneous.
AI The second discrepancy was a few days ago, when the organization tried to issue an advertisement that was banned in the media by the English Government, in a probable case of censorship. The spot is a montage in which they appear different world leaders while a voiceover refers to various articles of the Declaration of Human Rights. I could not understand why AI decided to include a president (Fidel Castro) whose attacks on human rights pale in comparison to the crimes of other governments and, for example, Colombia. But it seems that AI does not consider it appropriate to include Alvaro Uribe in his spot, as also chose to include in it the slightest criticism of the English Government strategy strange if we consider that the intended spot airing in our country.
I think it's reasonable to think that criticism of a Government are even more useful are the more accessible to people who support that government. So needless to criticize Bush in Spain and Zapatero criticized in the U.S.. Jabiero probably thought something like this when editing the video of AI to replace Bush and Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba:
Amnesty International believes that this video violates your copyright, so it has submitted a complaint to YouTube. For its part, YouTube has taken the opportunity to cancel your account and delete all Jabiero videos: more than 160. And it has even bypassing its own rules.
The truth is I do not want to go assess in detail such an outrage. It is clear that a commercial enterprise like Youtube one can expect anything but an organization whose priority should be to uphold human rights collaborate in an attack on a fundamental human right, it seems simply shameful. AI and YouTube may have Forgot Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression: this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to their opinions, receive and impart information and ideas and through any media and regardless of frontiers, by any means of expression. "
Coincidentally Jabiero that has developed in recent months a tremendous activity, both on YouTube and on his blog or forum-Basque conflict, denouncing the persecution that is currently suffering a large part of citizenship Basque, whose rights (civil, political and even humans) are being violated with a gall and ferocity only seen in decades, an issue that Amnesty International gives a tiny (or rather lack of) advertising. "The attack on Jabiero is a fact independent of this context or is there a connection? Which each draw their own conclusions.
Finally, the third time I am disappointed that Amnesty International, and the third time's the charm. Therefore I pass here all my contempt for an organization that deals with human rights violations abroad (especially in countries "enemies") while ignoring the national brand, and not happy with that indulges to report "violations of copyright" for the sole purpose of censoring (in complicity with Youtube) uncomfortable political messages. AI If you stay a minimum decency, should publicly distance himself from the action of Youtube, so show us that there is no complicity in it in such an attack on freedom of expression. Because in this case, silence gives consent.
I also convey my sympathy to Jabiero. I am aware that the abuse he has suffered is just one more in the flood of persecution, censorship, outlawed political parties or torture to which we have been witnessing for months, and shut us so embarrassing. Jabiero why people like it more necessary than ever. Put another way: the work would not be necessary Jabiero if AI did his as it should. -----
Update 10/03/2008: It seems that the paradox is triple this time, since I have been censored and banned Jabiero their domains. And like us, the defense that makes Jabiero human rights is relative, depending on who the vulnerable. All this does not change at all my position on the unjustifiable censorship case that has suffered at the hands of AI Jabiero and YouTube, because unlike AI and Jabiero my values \u200b\u200bare absolute and not relative.
