Freedom of Expression on trial again at the UN

International Ethical and Humanist Union
September 26, 2009

http://www.legal-project.org/475/freedom-of-expression-on-trial-again-at-the-un

Excerpt:

In a brave attempt at the Human Rights Council to re-establish their credentials as a team player on the world stage, the United States is co-sponsoring a resolution with Egypt on Freedom of Expression. The intent of the resolution is, in the words of the Egyptian delegate, to bring the Human Rights Council "to a point of convergence" on what has become the most divisive and contentious issue in the short history of the Council.

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