Inhuman Rights 1 Inhuman Rights The Western System and Global Human Rights Abuse By Winin Pereira The Other India Press, Mapusa, Goa, India The Apex Press, New York, USA Third World Network, Penang, Malaysia 2 Inhuman Rights: The Western System and Global Human Rights Abuse By Winin Pereira First published (1997) by: The Other India Press Above Mapusa Clinic, Mapusa 403 507 Goa, India Telephone/Fax: 91-832-263305 E-mail:
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[email protected] Copyright© (1997) Winin Pereira Cover design: Orijit Sen OIP policy regarding environmental compensation: 5% of the list price of this book will be made available by the Other India Press to meet the costs of raising natural forest on private and community lands in order to compensate for the use of tree pulp in paper production. Distributed in India by: The Other India Bookstore Mapusa 403 507 Goa, India. Telephone: 91-832-263306 Fax: 91-832-263305 India ISBN No: 81-85569-33-9 USA ISBN No: 0-945257-79-1 Printed by Sujit Patwardhan for the Other India Press at MUDRA, 383, Narayan, Pune 411 030 India. 3 Publisher's Preface Many of us will recall that when we were young--even in a city like Bombay (name now changed to "Mumbai")--we avidly read comic books that narrated stories of cowboys and "Red Indians".