Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Im sure you would agree that amnesty S International reputation depends upon impartiality, independence, the rigour of your research. Mm hm. How do you think amnesty s reputation stands across the world right now . Look, based on the various travels i am doing in africa, latin america, asia, our reputation stands very high and firm. People from very remote areas, all the way to political leaders know that they can count on us if its needed. I was very recently in peru meeting with Indigenous People who had confronted state violence, mothers and fathers who had lost their sons. Who was there with them for months after the event, for weeks at a time . Amnesty international. We went there and we kept being there for them. I was in taiwan two weeks ago. Amnesty international has been in taiwan since the 1980s. We fought the white terror government. We are now in taiwan as an established ngo, but also an ally for the Civil Society more generally
In washington saying this just today it was announced that north korea performed its fifth nuclear test, its fourth since Hillary Clinton became Secretary Of State. Its just one more massive failure from a failed Secretary Of State. Clinton after meeting with National Security officials says this i dont want to rehash everything my opponent has said in this campaign but no conversation about our National Security would be complete unless we acknowledge that the nominee on the other side promises to do things that will make us less safe. Meanwhile trump tells a crowd at his florida rally this tonight about Hillary Clinton. She is being so protected. She could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart and she wouldnt be prosecuted, okay . Thats whats happened. That is whats happened to our country. In from the man who once said he could shoot someone in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose a vote. Even for dona
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of the world we live in. we are fully aware of it. that does not mean that human rights is irrelevant. it just you re less and less effective. it means that we keep working, that we keep fighting. it means that we need to be present for those who fight. look at the number of protests around the world in response to this instrumentalization of rights, in response to this increase of violations of human rights, including by so called democratic leaders, we are confronting a plethora of protests. people are taking to the streets. they have no other options. they are getting poorer. their rights are violated. they are far more insecure than they were a decade ago. lgbt rights are being trampled. for all those reasons, we are seeing a multiplication of protest. what does it mean? it means rights matter. 0k. well, let s. .. it matters to people. it matters to those who want to fight for their own humanity and that of their children. and we need to be there.