One of the countries that ratified the convention is Saudi Arabia. This fact may not lessen the sanctity of the convention per se, but makes a mockery of its intent and effect. That said, India should ratify it independent of other considerations.
Best regards, Murali. On 7/18/07, Anil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > India has signed, but not ratified the Convention against Torture. > Amnesty International India has on several occasions expressed grave > concerns over the fact that torture and ill-treatment continue to be > endemic throughout India and continue to deny human dignity to > thousands of individuals. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. - Joseph Stalin To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary. These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution! And a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate. We must create the pedagogy of the paredon (The Wall)! - Che Guevara -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
