Amnesty slams Ireland's human rights failures
25/05/2005 - 13:07:29Amnesty International has criticised the Government's ongoing failure to address human rights concerns in a number of areas.
In its latest annual report, the organisation highlighted allegations of ill-treatment by Gardaí, failure to tackle racist crimes and unsatisfactory conditions and treatment for patients in psychiatric institutions.
Amnesty has criticised Ireland in relation to these matters on numerous occasions in the past.
In today's report, it reserved its strongest condemnation for the United States, which it accused of primary responsibility for a worsening of human rights throughout the world in recent years.
