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    woot woot. If we are giving money to it we should take that back as well.
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    US to leave UN human rights council

    The US should have been ejected from the Human Rights Council years ago.
    Its administrations have consistently supported abuses - particularly ' Israeli' abuses - of human rights whenever politically convenient.

    Now the US can cage kids and pursue other fascist ideologies without being accused of hypocrisy.

    The irony will be lost on JPP morons.
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    Nine members of the UN Human Rights Council accused of violating human rights

    A new report details violations against people in those working with the UN on human rights issues.


    "I think we should see these individuals as the canary in the coal-mine, bravely singing until they are silenced by this toxic backlash against people, rights and dignity – as a dark warning to us all."

    The other 20 countries in the report were Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Honduras, Iran, Israel, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Burma, Oman, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a7958271.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    The US should have been ejected from the Human Rights Council years ago.
    Its administrations have consistently supported abuses - particularly ' Israeli' abuses - of human rights whenever politically convenient.

    Now the US can cage kids and pursue other fascist ideologies without being accused of hypocrisy.

    The irony will be lost on JPP morons.
    Moony is a loony!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by moon View Post
    The US should have been ejected from the Human Rights Council years ago.
    Its administrations have consistently supported abuses - particularly ' Israeli' abuses - of human rights whenever politically convenient.

    Now the US can cage kids and pursue other fascist ideologies without being accused of hypocrisy.

    The irony will be lost on JPP morons.
    How much better life is in the Persian paradise that Moony loves so much. After all, this is a country that regularly executes people in public and even hung a woman rape victim. They don't separate children from their parents though, they just kill them instead.



    Despite three years in his office, President Hassan Rouhani has not delivered on his campaign promise of greater respect for civil and political rights. Executions, especially for drug-related offenses, continued at a high rate. As Rouhani faces elections for a second term in May 2017, the hardline factions that dominate the security apparatus and judiciary continued to crackdown on citizens for the legitimate exercise of their rights, in blatant disregard of international and domestic legal standards. Iranian dual nationals and citizens returning from abroad were at particular risk of arrest by intelligence authorities, accused of being “Western agents.”

    Executions, Freedom from Torture, and Inhuman Treatment
    Despite an initial slowdown in executions in the first months of 2016, authorities had executed at least 203 individuals by October 25. Human rights groups, however, report that the number might be as high as 437, with most executions taking place in the second half of the year. According to government authorities, individuals convicted of drug charges constitute the majority of those executed in the country.

    Under Iranian law, many nonviolent crimes, such as “insulting the Prophet,” apostasy, same-sex relations, adultery, and drug-related offenses, are punishable by death. In December 2015, members of Parliament introduced a bill to eliminate the death penalty for drug offences that do not involve violence. However, the initiative, while welcomed by several authorities, has not moved forward.

    On August 2, authorities announced that they had executed at least 20 alleged members of a group Iran considers a terrorist organization on charges of moharebeh, or “enmity against God.” Rights groups believe that these individuals were among a group of 33 Sunni Kurdish men arrested in 2009 and 2010, and sentenced to death in unfair trials after enduring abuses and torture in detention. In August, authorities in Khuzestan province executed three Arab citizens on alleged terrorism charges.

    New amendments to Iran’s penal code allow judges to use their discretion not to sentence children to death. However, Iran continued to execute children in 2016. On July 18, Amnesty International reported that authorities had hanged Hassan Afshar, who was arrested when he was 17 years old and convicted of “forced male to male anal intercourse” (lavat-e be onf). At least 49 inmates on death row were convicted of crimes committed when they were under 18 years old.

    In March, the United Nations Children’s Rights Committee noted that flogging was still a lawful punishment for boys and girls convicted of certain crimes. The committee noted reports that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) children had been subjected to electric shocks to “cure” them.

    On May 25, Iranian media reported that authorities had flogged 17 miners in Western Azarbaijan province after their employer sued them for protesting the firing of fellow workers.

    Fair Trials and Treatment of Prisoners
    Iranian courts, and particularly the revolutionary courts, regularly fell short of providing fair trials and allegedly used confessions obtained under torture as evidence in court. Iranian law restricts the right for a defendant to access a lawyer, particularly during the investigation period.

    According to Iran’s criminal procedure code, individuals charged with national or international security crimes, political and media crimes, and those charged with crimes that incur capital punishment, life imprisonment, or retributive punishment (qisas), can be denied legal counsel under detention for up to a week. Moreover, they have to select their counsel from a pool of preapproved lawyers determined by the head of the judiciary.

    Several political prisoners and individuals charged with national security crimes suffered from a lack of adequate access to medical care under detention. In April, Omid Kokabee, a young physicist who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2012, underwent surgery to remove his right kidney due to complications from cancer after authorities unduly delayed his access to appropriate medical treatment.

    Freedom of Expression and Information
    Space for free speech and dissent remained highly restricted, and authorities continued to arrest and charge journalists, bloggers, and online media activists for exercising their right to freedom of expression.

    In April, a revolutionary court sentenced journalists Afarin Chitsaz, Ehsan Mazandarani, and Saman Safarzaei to terms of ten, seven, and five years, respectively, and Davoud Assadi, the brother of Houshang Assadi, a journalist who lives in France, to five years. Mazandarani’s and Chitsaz’s sentences were reduced to two and five years, respectively, by the appeals court. The intelligence branch of the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) arrested the four individuals, along with journalist Issa Saharkhiz, accusing them of being part of an “infiltration network” colluding with foreign media.

    In June, the country began implementing a political crime law which, while a step forward in granting fair trials, could still limit free speech. According to the law, insulting or defaming public officials, when “committed to achieve reforms and not intended to target the system, are considered political crimes.” However, political prisoners have to be detained separately from ordinary criminals and have to be tried publicly in the presence of a jury unless doing so is deemed detrimental to family disputes, national security, or religious and ethnic sentiment.

    Hundreds of websites, including social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, remained blocked in Iran. The intelligence apparatus heavily monitored citizens’ activities on social media. Hundreds of social media users, in particular on the Telegram messaging application and Instagram, have been summoned or arrested by the IRGC for commenting on controversial issues, including fashion.

    In the past year, the police and judiciary prevented dozens of musical concerts, particularly those featuring female vocalists and musicians, in different provinces.

    https://www.hrw.org/world-report/201...-chapters/iran
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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Nine members of the UN Human Rights Council accused of violating human rights

    A new report details violations against people in those working with the UN on human rights issues.


    "I think we should see these individuals as the canary in the coal-mine, bravely singing until they are silenced by this toxic backlash against people, rights and dignity – as a dark warning to us all."

    The other 20 countries in the report were Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Honduras, Iran, Israel, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Burma, Oman, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a7958271.html
    the british violate human rights by serving meat pie and allowing their sitcoms to be aired overseas.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tsuke View Post
    the british violate human rights by serving meat pie and allowing their sitcoms to be aired overseas.
    You're about as funny as grit in a condom.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    How much better life is in the Persian paradise that Moony loves so much. After all, this is a country that regularly executes people in public and even hung a woman rape victim. They don't separate children from their parents though, they just kill them instead.






    https://www.hrw.org/world-report/201...-chapters/iran
    Moony supports Iran and the execution of woman rape victims. Disgusting cockroach that he is!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    You're about as funny as grit in a condom.
    that would be quite hilarious providing i was not wearing said condom brother moon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    You're about as funny as grit in a condom.
    That wouldn't bother you, maggot. You're skins are very baggy.
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    We don't know what happened after that . "

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    We should throw the entire cowardly abomination off American soil
    “The Communist party must control the guns.”
    ― Mao Tse-tung



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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Moony is a loony!!
    You know Israelis are moving to the border of Gaza?

    We don't belong on the human rights council.. Trump doesn't even know that Puerto Ricans are humans or Americans.

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    You know Israelis are moving to the border of Gaza?
    You know "Palestinians" are moving to the border of Israel? And I don't think they want to be friends and play nice
    We don't belong on the human rights council.. Trump doesn't even know that Puerto Ricans are humans or Americans.
    I agree with the first part of this, the second part is blatantly stupid. If anything, Puerto Ricans are Americans of convenience
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politi...of_Puerto_Rico
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    You know Israelis are moving to the border of Gaza?

    We don't belong on the human rights council.. Trump doesn't even know that Puerto Ricans are humans or Americans.
    What does that have to do with the price of fish?

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