Talk:United Nations Commission on Human Rights
|
|
Matters are made worse on the Human Rights Commission by the representation on that body of a number of the world's most vicious and systematic abusers of fundamental freedoms. For example, Sudan -- whose regime has the dubious distinction of being a perpetrator simultaneously of genocide, slave-trading, terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -- was voted onto the Commission on Wednesday. Others who should be in the dock, not on the members' dais, at the Human Rights Commission include: China, Cuba, Algeria, Syria, Libya, Pakistan and Vietnam. Human Rights Watch's representative at the UN, Joanna Weschler, has properly lambasted the Commission line-up as "a rogues' gallery of human rights abusers." [1] (http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=papers&code=01-D_26)
- Question, why are the two news sources offered both from markedly right-of-center sources? Could we balance the Fox News one with the BBC report or something? Also, why is the article so derisively worded? Sure, nobody's happy Sudan is representing human rights, but the argument that America has just as little ground is not wholly without merit. In whatever case, even the Fox News article notes that a slate of candidates was nominated and approved, and Sudan only got in on the backs of the others after several nations' efforts to find a replacement to contest Sudan failed. The Commission didn't willfully and under no duress appoint Sudan. Clear that up, please. Wally 22:12, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
- The Fox news article is straight from AP. If they had changed it, the attribution would be Fox News, or the journalist, with an AP byline. Since there is no such thing, the article remains unchanged from the AP side. I find AP and Reuters to be pretty good in terms of reporting, especially when they essentially confirm each other's stories. -Vina 01:22, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)
U.S.
Being so soft on the U.S. is a form of POV. The assumption is that the criticisms are overstated. --Daniel C. Boyer 20:09, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)