Rights group calls for UNHRC to expel Saudi Arabia
GENEVA – The U.S., France, Germany and the UK should lead a United Nations effort to finally expel Saudi Arabia from the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council after the fundamentalist regime publicly flogged blogger Raif Badawi today for "insulting Islam," said Geneva-based rights group UN Watch.
In addition to 10 years in jail, Badawi was sentenced to receive 50 lashes every week for 20 weeks, for a total of 1,000 lashes. His crime was creating a liberal blog.
"By keeping Saudi Arabia in this lofty position, where the Saudis can judge others and influence the very definition of basic human rights, the UN shields this tyranny, granting legitimacy to a repressive and brutal monarchy that tramples freedom of speech, religious freedom and the equality of women," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch.
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DeleteUN Watch is absolutely right on this matter. Saudi Arabia has no business whatsoever being a member of the UN Human Rights Council. It's hypocrisy at the extreme least.
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ReplyDeleteThe Saudis have the U.S. wrapped around its finger.
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