Niall Couper, Countries like Iraq, China and Pakistan have been criticised by Amnesty for their human rights abuses, but would you accept that some human rights abuse is the price that has to be paid to govern what are, in their own ways, pretty ungovernable countries?
Asked by bonzo1 on Nov 16 2007 1:05:39 PM and supported by 19 members
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Not at all - human rights go hand in hand with good, successful government. Look at countries that enjoy prosperity and stability and you'll find that they tend to be countries that have democracy, a free press and a lively civil society. More fundamentally, the horrors of torture, arbitrary imprisonment, executions and persecution can never be justified in the name of 'stability' or 'government'.