But the group reports some positive news. It praises the global Arms Trade Treaty, which regulates trade in conventional weapons. And Salil Shetty says the rise of cellular technology is helping protect people's rights and expose abuses, partly through amateur videos.
“We have Twitter and all the social media moving at a very rapid pace, almost real-time information sharing. Of course, we have to validate a lot of the information, we can't take it for granted, but the fact is the rise of mobile phones and citizen activism and citizen journalism, I think, is a game changer," he said.
The use of cell phone cameras is producing more such videos, showing attacks on civilians in Syria as well as human rights violations elsewhere.
Amnesty International says the amateur reporters who shoot these videos couldn't prevent the attacks, but they can show them to the world in a way that was never possible before, which could deter future abuses.
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