Iran urges UN action to stop "defamation" of Islam
By Robert Evans
GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran backed efforts by Islamic states on Thursday to get the United Nations new Human Rights Council to counter what they call "defamation of religion" around the world.
But Canada accused the Iranians of discrediting the Council by including in their delegation the state Prosecutor-General who Ottawa says was linked to the arrest and death in Tehran of a Canadian woman journalist.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told the 45-member Council, holding its first-ever session, that freedom of expression "should not constitute a pretext and a platform to insult religions and their sanctities.
"Defamation of religions, particularly the divine message of Islam, should be rejected," he declared. Action on this should be part of the rights standards set by the Council and pursued thr
posted by dion at 18:34
1 Comments:
this is a great one,.. clearly showing homeland acts in 2010,.. as we saw in South Africa today,.. and 2013 2014,.. the War,.. the cleaning up,.. the aggressive asserting of territories,..
this horoscope shows how thru 2010, we are on track thru all sorts of subversive changes,... land acts,.. rights to territory,.. by 2010,.. swept from under ye ol feet,..?
neer the less, 2013 is the war on this one,...
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