Would you trust the UN on this kind of thing?
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UN Attacks Free Speech | | from the anti-blasphemy-enshrined dept. | | posted by kdawson on Saturday March 28, @20:10 (Censorship) | | http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/28/2134218 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [0]newsblaze writes "The UN Human Rights Council [1]assaulted free expression today, in a 23-11 vote that urges member states to adopt laws outlawing criticism of religions. The proposal came to the UN from Pakistan on behalf of the Organization for the Islamic Conference. There were 13 abstentions. South Korea, Japan, India, Mexico and Brazil, all strong democracies, allowed this to pass by abrogating their responsibility. While the resolution doesn't mention the online world, where does this subject get mentioned most, if not online?" The coverage is from NewsBlaze, which says its mission is to carry important news that other media are not paying attention to. There does not seem to be any other coverage of this vote. Update: 03/29 00:48 GMT by [2]KD : Reader kshade wrote in: "Actually this is covered by conventional media, even FOX news ([3]Google News links). The absentees weren't there because they boycotted the proposal." Discuss this story at: http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/03/28/2134218 Links: 0. mailto:[email protected] 1. http://newsblaze.com/story/20090327170413zzzz.nb/topstory.html 2. http://slashdot.org/~kdawson/ 3. http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=UN+Religion --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
