Amnesty's report condemns 'politicisation of justice' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10166788.stm

Amnesty International has criticised the "politicisation of international justice" in its annual report, which documents torture in 111 countries. The human rights group accuses powerful governments of subordinating justice to political self-interest and of shielding allies from scrutiny.

comment- funny amnesty would come out with this report but it itself is politicized..here's some examples...Assessment by a former AI-USA board member Prof. Francis A. Boyle (Professor of International Law http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Amnesty_International  "Amnesty International is primarily motivated not by human rights but by publicity. Second comes money. Third comes getting more members. Fourth, internal turf battles

Participation in propaganda campaign leading up to the 1991 Gulf War There were some curious episodes in the lead up to the 1991 Gulf War. Hill & Knowlton launched a major propaganda campaign [5] to change US citizens’ attitudes about a possible US intervention in Kuwait. Part of this campaign produced the “throwing the babies out of the incubators” hoax presented by the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador in the US. As part of this propaganda campaign President Bush (Senior) appeared on national TV holding a copy of AI’s press release pertaining to the incubator story.

Buying Humanitarian Bombing?In 1999, AI did not reject and played along when State Dept. officials proposed the "humanitarian bombing of Serbia". When an AI director was asked to explain this decision, she answered "AI is not an anti-war organization".