[antimedia] antimedia: Now this...

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Posted by antimedia:
Now this...
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1174971050.shtml


   ....is [1]speaking truth to power.

     Mr. President,
     Six decades ago, in the aftermath of the Nazi horrors, Eleanor
     Roosevelt, Réné Cassin and other eminent figures gathered here,
     on the banks of Lake Geneva, to reaffirm the principle of human
     dignity. They created the Commission on Human Rights. Today, we
     ask: What has become of their noble dream?
     In this session we see the answer. Faced with compelling reports
     from around the world of torture, persecution, and violence against
     women, what has the Council pronounced, and what has it decided?
     Nothing. Its response has been silence. Its response has been
     indifference. Its response has been criminal.

   The UN Human Rights Council President had a bad reaction to the speech
   -- he got the vapors and hyperventilated. (Hat tip to [2]Bruce
   Kesler.)

References

   1. http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1313923&ct=3698367
   2. http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/003196.html