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I live in the Netherlands, so I'm just going to assume your generalisations about other countries are of similar accuracy.

BTW got a page nr. for that Amnesty report? Either it's not text-searchable or the text "Netherlands" doesn't even occur in that PDF (and yes I did look at the section about Europe).

I'm not saying the Dutch government is innocent, not at all. I do say, however, your generalisations are suspect. Especially for the part of the US respecting the human rights of their "residents on the streets" (I know that's not what you meant, but it was pretty disgusting to see the streets and subways of NYC "littered" with the mentally handicapped--hint: people don't start mumbling to themselves or screaming for no reason just because they're homeless).




Heh. I've lived in the Netherlands for 2 years. Firstly, you cannot discuss politics in the Netherlands on the street. You just can't.

Furthermore, if you're looking for specifics, you can start here :

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/countries/europe/netherla...

Works for other countries too. Essentially, the Dutch government had Pakistan torture a terror suspect on it's behalf last year.




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