Written Assignment Unit 3 An unbelievable organization that I researched during this assignment was Amnesty International. Researching this organization and was hard and fascinating at the same time. It was hard to read about the worldwide abuse of human rights that happens around the globe, it was also hard to see the organization fight against law enforcement here in the USA. I come from a family of public servants, my family members are law enforcement, and I also consider all Fire, Law and EMS my family through and through. I am not saying that abuse doesn’t happen locally in the US, but there has been always two sides to the story and now days news outlets always seems to make law enforcement guilty before the trial ends. I am more
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It was hard to pick a couple of articles about their work the organization has done recently. I have picked stories of law enforcement in the US and in Jamaica. The first article titled “Police Must Respect the Right to Peaceful Protest After Army Announces Delay of Dakota Pipeline Construction”. Amnesty International USA urged local authorities to respect the right of those gathered in opposition of the pipeline near Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Members of the Indigenous community vowed to stay at the site until all parties have left and have left the site alone to Mother Nature and have not destroyed the earth. Amnesty International has called for over a million members and supporters in the US to take action by calling the Morton County Sheriff’s Office to ensure that human rights are protected. Under international law, everyone has a right to express their opinion through peaceful protest and police must facilitate, rather than restrict this right. In the policing of non-violent protest, police must avoid the use of force. According to Amnesty International they are asking the DOJ to investigate the policing practices at the site, as of November 15th 2016. This is the right of the Indigenous people, the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, to protect their land and the earth, they believe that this pipeline will pollute their land and water supply; it also crosses their sacred burial …show more content…
The organization has ousted the Jamaican police force for unlawfully killing more than 3000 people since 2000. Amnesty International was quoted as saying “Jamaica’s shocking culture of fear and violence is allowing police officers to get away with hundreds of unlawful killings per year. “Shocking injustice is the norm” stated Erika Guevara-Rosas. Americas Director at Amnesty International. Since Amnesty as stepped in and efforts by authorities above the police, unlawful killings by the police has been cut in half from 2014 to 2015. This article does not state any challenges that Amnesty International encountered in Jamaica. Through the work of Amnesty and its regional offices, the world can truly see the difference one person, one organization can make for any one group or individual. There are critics out there, but overall I can say that this organization is making a difference, we as a globe can see this, with a massive number of volunteers and supporters. One person can truly make a difference as Paul Benenson did in 1961.
It was hard to pick a couple of articles about their work the organization has done recently. I have picked stories of law enforcement in the US and in Jamaica. The first article titled “Police Must Respect the Right to Peaceful Protest After Army Announces Delay of Dakota Pipeline Construction”. Amnesty International USA urged local authorities to respect the right of those gathered in opposition of the pipeline near Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Members of the Indigenous community vowed to stay at the site until all parties have left and have left the site alone to Mother Nature and have not destroyed the earth. Amnesty International has called for over a million members and supporters in the US to take action by calling the Morton County Sheriff’s Office to ensure that human rights are protected. Under international law, everyone has a right to express their opinion through peaceful protest and police must facilitate, rather than restrict this right. In the policing of non-violent protest, police must avoid the use of force. According to Amnesty International they are asking the DOJ to investigate the policing practices at the site, as of November 15th 2016. This is the right of the Indigenous people, the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, to protect their land and the earth, they believe that this pipeline will pollute their land and water supply; it also crosses their sacred burial …show more content…
The organization has ousted the Jamaican police force for unlawfully killing more than 3000 people since 2000. Amnesty International was quoted as saying “Jamaica’s shocking culture of fear and violence is allowing police officers to get away with hundreds of unlawful killings per year. “Shocking injustice is the norm” stated Erika Guevara-Rosas. Americas Director at Amnesty International. Since Amnesty as stepped in and efforts by authorities above the police, unlawful killings by the police has been cut in half from 2014 to 2015. This article does not state any challenges that Amnesty International encountered in Jamaica. Through the work of Amnesty and its regional offices, the world can truly see the difference one person, one organization can make for any one group or individual. There are critics out there, but overall I can say that this organization is making a difference, we as a globe can see this, with a massive number of volunteers and supporters. One person can truly make a difference as Paul Benenson did in 1961.