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2006-05-09 Arabia

Kingdom Vies for Seat on New UN Human Rights Council

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Saudi Arabia does, in fact, have a good record on human rights. The problem is how you define "human". Many of us would define "human" as "any member of the human race". I think that in the Kingdom, they define "human" as "a Sunni male who has not pissed off the royal family or the clergy".

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2006-05-09 10:28|| 2006-05-09 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 I would laugh but these f*ckers are serious. Beheadings, flogging of children, lopping off arms, legs, genitalia, etc., detention without trial for years, torture of the grossest kind imaginable, mutilation of women; these are regular events in this wonderful bastion of decency. It would take VOLUMES to document the human rights atrocities committed by our "friends" in just the last 5 years alone.

All of this means of course, that they will most likely get a seat.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-05-09 15:11|| 2006-05-09 15:11|| Front Page Top

#3 When pigs can drive.

Posted by Shuns Uleating3851 2006-05-09 16:22|| 2006-05-09 16:22|| Front Page Top

#4 they should abstain from muslim (conflict of interest) and non-muslim (expressed denigration of same) cases...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-09 16:39|| 2006-05-09 16:39|| Front Page Top

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