國際特赦:年是災難性的一年
The year 2014 was a "catastrophic" one for millions of people around the world, a human rights watchdog group said Wednesday.
In its annual human rights report, Amnesty International said millions of civilians were killed from Syria to Ukraine, Gaza to Nigeria, while the number of displaced people around the world exceeded 50 million last year for the first time since the end of World War II.
The report accused world governments of failing to protect civilians from violence by states and armed groups.
Shetty, Secretary-General, Amnesty International said:"The main point that we are making in our report is that the response from the international community and those who could potentially stop this from continuing has been dismal, in fact shameful. And we are making some clear calls on what the world can do to reverse the situation and improve the protection that civilians deserve.''
Amnesty said armed groups committed abuses in at least 35 countries in 2014, and called the rise of the Islamic State militant group a particular concern.
The report accused Islamic State of committing widescale war crimes, including mass summary killings and abductions that targeted minorities, and subjecting hundreds of women and girls to sexual abuse.
Amnesty singled out the United Nations Security Council for criticism, saying the five permanent council members - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - "consistently abused" their veto right to "promote their political self-interest" above that of protecting civilians.
The group is urging the five states to give up their right to veto action in cases where genocide and other mass killings are being committed.人權觀察組織國際特赦在年度報告中說，對世界各地的千百萬人而言，2014年是“災難性”的一年。
國際特赦的年度報告說，從敘利亞到烏克蘭，從加沙地帶到尼日利亞，數百萬平民遭到殺戮。與此同時，世界各地去年流離失所的人超過了5千萬。這是二戰結束以來的第一次。
國際特赦組織星期三說，很多國家的政府未能保護平民免遭來自國家和武裝組織的暴力。
國際特赦組織祕書長謝迪說：“我們在報告中要闡明的要點是，國際社會以及那些有潛力制止事態發展的人反應淡漠，事實上令人可悲。我們明確地指出，整個世界如何才能夠逆轉局面，提高對平民應有的保護。”
國際特赦的報告說，武裝組織2014年在至少35個國家侵犯人權，伊斯蘭國激進組織的興起尤其令人擔憂。
報告指出，伊斯蘭國組織犯下多種戰爭罪行，包括針對少數羣體的大規模殺戮和綁架，並對數以百計的婦女和女孩進行性侵犯。
國際特赦組織特別批評了聯合國安理會，說5個常任理事國英國、中國、法國、俄羅斯和美國不斷濫用否決權，將本國的政治利益或地緣政治利益置於保護平民利益之上。
國際特赦組織呼籲五個安理會常任理事國在事關種族滅絕和其他大規模殺戮時不要行使否決權。
