Amnesty International UK Caves To JK Rowling, Issues Apology For Calling Anti-Trans Groups "Anti-Rights"

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/amnesty-international-uk-caves-to

The organization has stood up to dictators and death squads, but Rowling and the UK's anti-speech laws were apparently too much.

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MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 21d

Pussies

abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 21d (1 reply)

JK Rowing had done what countless Dictatorships have failed to do.

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 20d

Eh, idk. Lots of rights groups like the ACLU have historically lead campaigns to defend groups like the KKK.

Because it's bad for all of us if there becomes court precedent restricting free speech

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 13 pts · 21d

Suck shit; Joanne.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 21d (1 reply)

Ever since they fucked up in Ukraine they've been on my shitlist.

Seimhe@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 21d

What happened, in relation to Amnesty UK?

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 20d

groveling apology from the organization that has weathered the Soviet Union, Putin’s Russia, and the Bush administration’s defense of Guantánamo Bay—but could not weather J.K. Rowling

That's not really a fair comparison.

Amnesty obviously wouldn't back down from groups that have literally committed mass torture and mass murder.

Rowling is bad, but Amnesty can't as easily provide concrete evidence that she'a directly murdered or tortured people.

Free speech is tricky, legally. It's much less tricky to navigate the law when it's about murder and torture.

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 20d

Unlike the United States, where anti-SLAPP laws allow defendants to get these suits dismissed early

In practice??