September 10, 2007
Amnesty and the Catholic Church on BBC
Posted by weefrog under Amnesty International, Campaign, Sexual and reproductive rights, abortion, ai, amnesty, anti-abortion, bbc, catholic, groups, human rights, life, pro-lifeTHE BBC Newsnight programme hosted by Kirsty Wark recently featured the Bishop of East Anglia Michael Evans and Phillippe Hensmans of Amnesty International discussing the organisation’s recent abortion policy.
The Amnesty International spokesman again claimed that there was a democratic process involved in adopting this policy, but of course, to date Amnesty has provided no proof of the impartiality or probity of the consultation process nor has it explained on what basis the UK’s consultation results were ignored or why it continued to claim the consultation process was ongoing after its leadership had made up its mind to force the policy on the organisation.
The spokesman appears to make the claim that Amnesty International is not responsible for the divide in its membership. Strictly speaking he is right, I suppose, the reason for the membership split is the leadership of Amnesty International.
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September 11, 2007 at 3:10 pm
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