The State of the World's Human Rights 2014/15
- Author:
- Amnesty International
- Publisher:
- Amnesty International
- Publication Date:
- 13 February 2015
- Tags:
- Africa, Human Rights
Amnesty International's Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview of the state of human rights in 160 countries over the course of 2014. The inability of world leaders to deal with the changing face of conflict, including a growing threat from armed group attacks, has left millions of people unprotected and in grave danger, Amnesty International warned today as it launched its annual assessment of the world's human rights. Without urgent action and a fundamental shift in approach, the rights group says there is strong reason to believe the next few years could see: more civilian populations forced to live under the quasi-state control of armed groups, subject to abuse, persecution and attacks deepening threats to freedom of expression and other rights, including violations caused by new draconian anti-terror laws and intrusive mass surveillance a worsening humanitarian and refugee crisis with even more people displaced by conflict as governments continue to block borders and the international community fails to provide assistance and protection "If lessons are not learned - if governments continue to ignore the relationship between the current security crisis and the rights failures which have led us here - then what was a bad year for rights in 2014 could get even worse in the years to come," said Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International.
