Empörung über Amnesty
am 26.06.2007 von strafprozess
Der AI-Bericht Polizei, Justiz und Menschenrechte (s. meinen letzten Beitrag) stösst in Polizeikreisen erwartungsgemäss auf Empörung. Folgende Zitate aus der NZZ (den Artikel habe ich nur in der englischsprachigen Fassung gefunden):
The Swiss police immediately rejected the Amnesty report.
“The report is marked by a mistrust of the police, the criminal authorities and the courts,” said Karin Keller-Sutter, vice:president of the cantonal police directors’ conference. She said Amnesty was implying the police reacted disproportionately and were latently racist. Dismissing accusations that fallible officers mostly went unpunished, Keller:Sutter said she knew “no other state service that was scrutinised and disciplined in such detail”. She admitted that individual cases could exist, but fundamentally the rule of law was working.
Beat Hensler, head of …
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Einbrecher ruft nach Leichenfund die Polizei
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Presumed Guilty
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... in your general direction
Aktenvermerk / Famous British comedy troupe Monty Python could let their French guards do it with impunity: I don’t wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your fat…
China 2007
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