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Jimmy Carter Accuses Obama of Widespread Human Rights Abuses

Jimmy Carter Accuses Obama of Widespread Human Rights Abuses

Former President Jimmy Carter is accusing the Obama Administration of sanctioning "widespread abuse of human rights" by utilizing Drones attacks to kill suspected terrorists in multiple countries Jimmy Carter, America's 39 th president, denounced the Obama administration for "clearly violating" 10 of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, writing in a New York Times op-ed on Monday that the "United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights." "Instead of making the world safer, America's violation of international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our friends," Carter wrote. via Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights'