Amnesty and HRW — double standard duo

RIYADH: While Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have been standing up for human rights for decades, both organizations are still looked on with suspicion, particularly for the double standard that they have become somewhat known for.
These double standards have become clear in dealing with human rights issues in the world, especially the Arab and Islamic world, where they avoid talking about world dilemmas in some cases, and focus on accusing others.
They debate about the death penalty practiced by Islamic countries to deter criminals, and they consider that it is the most important among their files, and they do not stop talking about it.
Finally, these international human rights organizations released a report condemning the Arab coalition for saving the legitimate government in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia.
Yemeni Minister of Human Rights Izz Al-Din Al-Asbahi revealed that the Yemeni government will submit a comprehensive report within two weeks to respond to what was published by these two organizations, indicating that the reports issued by these agencies carry grave accusations, and not only are most of the allegations not true, these groups lack information.
He stressed that these organizations do not have observers on the ground, but there are only two collaborators in Yemen. He said: “We welcome those who come from the official international organizations.”
Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental organization concerned with defending human rights and based in New York City, was founded in 1978. The reason for its creation was a way of political pressure to make sure that the Soviet Union respected the Helsinki Accords.
Amnesty International is known as an international non-profit organization, based in London and was founded by the English politician Peter Benenson, and it has taken upon itself the most important role in the protection of human rights.
It focuses its activities on prisoners, in particular, claiming that it seeks to free prisoners of conscience, through the achievement of fair trial standards for all prisoners and, in particular politicians or those who have been imprisoned without trial or charges. This organization also takes on unilateral opinion, as it strongly opposes the death penalty.