Amnesty International expresses concern over France’s overreaction to recent raids
Amnesty International (AI) has expressed concern about the French government’s overreaction to the recent terrorist attacks on the headquarters of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
"Because we cannot forget what happened after 9/11. We had the Patriot act, we had Guantanamo, we had torture. I think that's a very cautionary tale -- and as of now, reports from France are making us concerned," Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty told AFP in an interview on Friday.
Following the shootings in France, the government unveiled a series of measures to prevent terrorist raids in the country. However, critics say the measures, including closer monitoring of citizens’ activities and reinforcing security, invade people’s privacy and violate human rights.
Shetty also criticized the measures as too broad and not in line with international standards.
Over 70 people have been arrested in the aftermath of the deadly incidents in Paris more than two weeks ago. Amnesty says most of the detainees were arrested on vague charges.
The attacks in France began on January 7, when the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo came under assault by two gunmen. Some 12 people were killed in the incident.
Two days later, two brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, suspected of murdering the journalists, were killed after being cornered at a printing workshop in the town of Dammartin-en-Goele.
On the same day, another gunman named Amedy Coulibaly killed four hostages in a separate terror attack at a Paris supermarket before he was slain by police.
In a posthumous video, he claimed that he was acting on behalf of the ISIL Takfiri group in coordination with the two brothers who attacked Charlie Hebdo.
The al-Qaeda branch in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack on Charlie Hebdo, saying that it chose and supported the Kouachi brothers.
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