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| Cuba wants U.S. out of U.N. 'rights' panel |
| 2005-03-16 |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 And isn't that bastion of |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-03-16 11:40:29 PM |
| #5 At least 99 journalists are imprisoned throughout the world for reporting the news or expressing their views. Seventy of them are in the countries that are members of the UN Commission on Human Rights for its 61st session. China (with 27 journalists imprisoned), Cuba (21), Eritrea (13) and Nepal (9) are the world¡¯s biggest prisons for the press. China is also currently holding 62 cyber-dissidents. The 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights is taking place from today until 22 April in the Palais des Nations in Geneva.(boxun.com) |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2005-03-16 1:56:15 PM |
| #4 I agree. In fact, let us get the US out of the sinking ship known as the UN! |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-03-16 12:35:39 PM |
| #3 El Maximo Jefe can't live forever... |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-03-16 12:16:31 PM |
| #2 Had to check first that it wasn't Scrappleface. I think that the bozo is probably right, after all, who knows more about Human Rights abuse than the various and sundry dictatorships like Cuba on the panel. Vibrant democracies like the US should tell the panel to go fish and then set Condi's boots to walkin spreading real democracy all over the world. Someday, it may even get to Cuba. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-03-16 11:32:00 AM |
| #1 Speaking on the first day of the 61st Session of the commission, Cuban official Juan Antonio Fernández charged the HRC "is being shipwrecked by the weight of its increasing lack of credibility and prestige." He characterized the commission as a "sinking ship." My thoughts exactly, Juanito! |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-03-16 11:27:40 AM |