Support for UN religious defamation rule drops

by Monitor
MediaWatchWatch.org.uk
November 16, 2009

http://www.legal-project.org/article/557

Excerpt:

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference's ongoing campaign to bring an international religious defamation resolution into effect suffered a decline in supportfor the 3rd year running.

Last year 85 countries in the UN's Third Committee on Human Rights voted for the resolution, which a reduction in support from 95, in 2007. This year that number dropped to 81. Similarly, the number of countries voting against the proposal rose to 55 this year, from last year's 50.

Perhaps the fact that the wording of the resolution is indefensible has something to do with the waning of support.

Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism.

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