Support for and interest in IHEU’s work for freedom of expression at the UN has come from many commentators, following the appalling events at the Human Rights Council on 16 June 2008. Among the news and web reports was a particularly well-argued piece by Robert Spencer in FrontPage magazine, “Free Speech Dies at the UN”.
Other reports in recent days include:
Reuters: UN’s Arbour opposes “taboos” in human rights body
CNSnews: Islamic Nations Want Divisive Issues on the Agenda at UN Racism Conference
The World Tonight with Rob Breakenridge
Radical Islamists’ “Fair Share” of the Security Council – Joseph Klein, FrontPage Magazine
UNHRC – No Criticism of Religion
Freedom of Religion Trumps Everything Else
UNHRC: Something is, indeed, rotten in the State of… the Council
Islamic states have their own version of the UN’s Declaration of Human Rights