Are we creating a politics of fear?

Amnesty International says governments are using fear to undermine the rule of law.

Is the chaos of Iraq being exploited?

The politics of fear are creating a dangerously divided world, according to the annual report of Amnesty International.

Governments are sowing the seeds of more conflict by undermining the rule of law and human rights, it adds.

But while reports are all very well, what do they achieve?

Can charities and human rights organisations do any more to resolve the plight of the people they seek to help?

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