Obviously there are human rights being violated here whether it is by the troops or the criminals. There are numerous reports of inhumane treatments while detained or imprisoned which is breaking a human right. For example, a man had his faced wrapped in cloth with his nose exposed. His interrogators would continually submerge him into water with the hopes that he would confess information. (Which he later did)One woman who was detained was forcefully stripped from the waist down and her interrogator told her she would have many friends in prison. This is a violation also because women have special protections and the interrogator was insinuating sexual abuses.
Do you believe that the criminals are the only ones responsible for violating human rights and inciting violence?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/torture-surges-in-mexicos-drug-war-rights-group-says/2011/11/09/gIQAphSI6M_story.html
I would imagine both sides of the fence are committing human rights violations, but I would argue that neither side would make claim to the fact that they are violating said rights.
ReplyDeleteThe obvious rights violated by police are imprisonment without trial and the use of torture. Though they would likely not see it this way, the police likely see it as doing what must be done to prevent those under their protection's human right to life from being taken as well as preventing more damage to their city and international view.
The drug warlords and actors on this side are likely killing police and basically anyone else that stand in their way as well as those that may owe them money or those that threaten them (like the other warlords). They likely see their actions as preserving their human right to life and dignity which may include access to food and money to them.
To each of the actors in this war the rights they are protecting simply out weigh the ones that they are taking.