Thursday, July 19, 2007
I may have missed it but did Joe Stork issue a strong statement last week when the Israeli government released videos of public confessions by Lebanese who were kidnapped by Israel a year ago? "“Public ‘confessions’ of this kind are a shameful tactic used by oppressive governments around the world,” said Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East division for Human Rights Watch in Washington. “It’s a way for governments to intimidate critical voices into silence and flaunt their disregard for fundamental rights.”"