Shame on HRW Asia director Brad Adams
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Shame on HRW Asia director Brad Adams
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Asia director Brad Adams Fails to call out the U.S. for the authoritarian crackdown on protests.
Why the double standard? He has spent years hating on Cambodia and the government’s actions, yet stays silent on what Trump has done.
The Prime Minister rightfully called him out: https://m.phnompenhpost.com/national-po ... -standards
Why the double standard? He has spent years hating on Cambodia and the government’s actions, yet stays silent on what Trump has done.
The Prime Minister rightfully called him out: https://m.phnompenhpost.com/national-po ... -standards
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Laughable, why should the Asia director give a statement about the USA? There are multiple statements by HRW USA about the protests.
Once again, brainless propaganda by the Cyclops.
Once again, brainless propaganda by the Cyclops.
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So he is asking the Asia director to take over the comments on USA? This is handled by the USA branch and they actively cover things?
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As protests strengthen in the United States and around the world, our outrage is intensified by US authorities’ systemic deference to excessive police force against black people. Police in the US kill black people at twice the rate of white people – three times the rate when they are unarmed. Yet six years since the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York, Tamir Rice in Cleveland, and so many others whose names and memories we must honor, policymakers have yet to end the routine impunity that enables such killing.
Meanwhile, officials in the US seem to prefer endless investment in law enforcement to address the entrenched racism that for generations has created dramatic racial disparities in health, housing, education, employment, and rates of arrest and criminal conviction. The coronavirus pandemic shines a spotlight on these disparities, with black people and other minorities disproportionately affected due to a constellation of factors that include the “comorbidities” of poverty, the reluctance of many people to seek timely health care because they aren’t sure how they will bear the cost, and a tattered social safety net that gives many low-income people no choice but to work in frontline jobs, despite the health risks involved. That such a wealthy nation treats its own people so callously fuels the fury over George Floyd’s death.
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Really? Perhaps you considered him to be the overall director and you did not know HRW has people in USA responsible for covering the USA?Miguelito wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:53 pmHuman Rights Watch (HRW) Asia director Brad Adams Fails to call out the U.S. for the authoritarian crackdown on protests.
Why the double standard? He has spent years hating on Cambodia and the government’s actions, yet stays silent on what Trump has done.
The Prime Minister rightfully called him out: https://m.phnompenhpost.com/national-po ... -standards
If not, that whole post is absurd. You even correctly label as ASIA DIRECTOR.
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And it seems to have been quite effective on some here, unfortunately.sounds_never_seen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 12:56 amLaughable, why should the Asia director give a statement about the USA? There are multiple statements by HRW USA about the protests.
Once again, brainless propaganda by the Cyclops.
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I know, huh? What is it about former 440 site owners...GMJS-440 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 1:30 amAnd it seems to have been quite effective on some here, unfortunately.sounds_never_seen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 12:56 amLaughable, why should the Asia director give a statement about the USA? There are multiple statements by HRW USA about the protests.
Once again, brainless propaganda by the Cyclops.
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Genuine question - is the US actually "cracking down" on these protests? 6+ days of protesting and it doesn't look like they're getting cracked down on.Miguelito wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:53 pmHuman Rights Watch (HRW) Asia director Brad Adams Fails to call out the U.S. for the authoritarian crackdown on protests.
Why the double standard? He has spent years hating on Cambodia and the government’s actions, yet stays silent on what Trump has done.
The Prime Minister rightfully called him out: https://m.phnompenhpost.com/national-po ... -standards
Migs, I think that's what we call a bit of an own goal...
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Yeah,. I'm with you Migs.
I'm also outraged that Brad Adams hasn't commented and condemned Bloody Sunday, ethnic cleansing in Rwanda but most of all my patchy home WiFi.
I'm also outraged that Brad Adams hasn't commented and condemned Bloody Sunday, ethnic cleansing in Rwanda but most of all my patchy home WiFi.
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I wrote what could be a "controversial" post to start discussion. It was in response to what the PM said.
First of all, yes, Adams is the Asia director, not the North American director. However he constantly writes about Asian governments and the political environment here with a Western lens, and holds Asian governments to a Western philosophical and ideological standard. For years he has campaigned against the best interests of the Cambodian people by pushing for the European Union to withdraw the EBA benefits based on actions of the Cambodian government that he disagrees with. So, my question is, who gets to set these standards? Why berate a developing country when the Western "ideal" is behaving more poorly?
Secondly, I will admit that he has now said something. On his Twitter yesterday (after the article came out) he wrote: "US needs deep structural change to end police killings & address issues driving mass protests in country. Fewer police and unnecessary arrests; more funds to address inequality in health, education, housing & jobs @hrw #BlackLivesMatter". You'll notice a drastically different tone when he does talk about the U.S. (which he often does) than when he talks about developing Asian countries. He is calm and makes statements such as the U.S. should "increase funding towards xxxx". However, when speaking about Cambodia, he tweets statements such as: "Incredibly shocking overcrowding in #Cambodian prison in the midst of the #COVIDー19 crisis. If people aren’t moved and released many will likely die. Yet #HunSen’s priority is gaining dictatorial power by passing a draconian emergency law."
He constantly berates the PM here as a "dictator", "autocrat" and "despot". In 2015 he published an article titled "The world’s indifference empowers Cambodia’s ruthless despot".
So my point would be, regardless of his status as Asian director or not, shouldn't the world not be indifferent to what has been happening in the U.S. towards black people for hundreds of years?
First of all, yes, Adams is the Asia director, not the North American director. However he constantly writes about Asian governments and the political environment here with a Western lens, and holds Asian governments to a Western philosophical and ideological standard. For years he has campaigned against the best interests of the Cambodian people by pushing for the European Union to withdraw the EBA benefits based on actions of the Cambodian government that he disagrees with. So, my question is, who gets to set these standards? Why berate a developing country when the Western "ideal" is behaving more poorly?
Secondly, I will admit that he has now said something. On his Twitter yesterday (after the article came out) he wrote: "US needs deep structural change to end police killings & address issues driving mass protests in country. Fewer police and unnecessary arrests; more funds to address inequality in health, education, housing & jobs @hrw #BlackLivesMatter". You'll notice a drastically different tone when he does talk about the U.S. (which he often does) than when he talks about developing Asian countries. He is calm and makes statements such as the U.S. should "increase funding towards xxxx". However, when speaking about Cambodia, he tweets statements such as: "Incredibly shocking overcrowding in #Cambodian prison in the midst of the #COVIDー19 crisis. If people aren’t moved and released many will likely die. Yet #HunSen’s priority is gaining dictatorial power by passing a draconian emergency law."
He constantly berates the PM here as a "dictator", "autocrat" and "despot". In 2015 he published an article titled "The world’s indifference empowers Cambodia’s ruthless despot".
So my point would be, regardless of his status as Asian director or not, shouldn't the world not be indifferent to what has been happening in the U.S. towards black people for hundreds of years?
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This sentence has fried my brain...
There must be an easier way to word this!
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Brad Adams is an American citizen and a member of the California bar so I think that commenting on the situation in America is well within his purview. Consider that he said this in 2013: "The question facing influential countries such as the US, UK, France, and Japan — and indeed Asean countries like Thailand and Indonesia — is whether they will look on indifferently while Cambodians are forced to accept what they would never accept for themselves."sounds_never_seen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 12:56 amLaughable, why should the Asia director give a statement about the USA? There are multiple statements by HRW USA about the protests.
Once again, brainless propaganda by the Cyclops.
Well now we're seeing what he will accept in the U.S.
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Looting and rioting is not protesting.Miguelito wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:28 amBrad Adams is an American citizen and a member of the California bar so I think that commenting on the situation in America is well within his purview. Consider that he said this in 2013: "The question facing influential countries such as the US, UK, France, and Japan — and indeed Asean countries like Thailand and Indonesia — is whether they will look on indifferently while Cambodians are forced to accept what they would never accept for themselves."sounds_never_seen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2020 12:56 amLaughable, why should the Asia director give a statement about the USA? There are multiple statements by HRW USA about the protests.
Once again, brainless propaganda by the Cyclops.
Well now we're seeing what he will accept in the U.S.
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