Human rights vs. Security... Help me answer this please...?

Question

Why do some states prioritize security over human rights? Could
the cases being studied reflect the debate between the importance
of human rights and security? In what ways did the reports of
Amnesty International reflect this debate? What are the major points
of both sides?

Answer 1

When human rights are trumped by security the bad guys win.

Answer 2

Amnesty International is a political organization. Sad but true. For example, they believe the US should stop the violence in Darfur, but they should have to though the UN for other countries. They pick and choose. Ultimately, the Darfur attack on human rights is horrendous and should be stopped, but would they right something about the US military's actions once they are there (unilaterally)? After all the US military would have to keep itself secure from the Sudanese government?

Human Rights are important, but often times someone's are trampled on to secure someone else. These are complicated issues, but AI only report on human rights, not the context.

All nations give up rights for security. Rights to commit murder, steal, drive without insurance. That's what laws are.

Answer 3

Some of the laws passed by the current administration in America are indeed very grave. By eliminating judicial review of the process of arresting someone on the charges of being a terrorist, indeed not even needing to prove that someone is a terrorist, certain checks and balances built into the federal government have been removed.

While this has been promoted as a needed tool in the war on terrorism, indeed being of benefit to the US citizen, it is a very sinister law by its own merit. If the authorities no longer need to provide proof in declaring someone as a terrorist, being able to hold that person indefinitely and are able to subject that person to inhumane tortures, who's to say that such methods will not be used against US citizens one day?

What you are witnessing is an end to US democracy as we once new it, and the beginning of a very draconian system of government being set up in its place.