The UN Hate Speech Ban or..... How We Should Let Guatemala Handle Iran

The UNHRC (that's the UN Human Rights Council to you and me) has decided to save us all ( well not all of us, not British sailors for example) through a resolution from the evil of Religious Defamation, "and in particular on the serious implications of Islamophobia on the enjoyment of all rights."

It also notes "deep concern at attempts to identify Islam with terrorism, violence and human rights violations."
And they apparently meant that without a shred of irony.

For the Flying Imans they also threw in deep concern over "the ethnic and religious profiling of Muslim minorities, in the aftermath of the tragic events of 11 September 2001"

Here is how the voting went:

In favour (24): Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Gabon, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Tunisia.

Against (14): Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine and United Kingdom.

Abstentions (9): Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Peru, Uruguay and Zambia.

We're not a member of course...

Here is the actual press release so you can peruse the whole thing at leisure as well as read the official comments of the member states, of whom I think the Guatemalan representative says it best when he says ...

This draft resolution was unbalanced and gave importance to one single religion over all others. It was a selective document that did not take account of the situation of discrimination against other religions around the world. The Guatemalan delegation would vote against this draft resolution and any other that was not inclusive in its content.

No word yet on what they think of chocolate Jesus.


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