UN Turns a Blind Eye to Syria

As the Assad regime ramps up their campaign of repression, the UN Human Rights Council has stayed silent and focused instead on their favorite punching bag: Israel. As Syria verges on eruption, with riots and widespread killings across the state, the Syrian propaganda machine goes into full …

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Written by Arsen Ostrovsky on Saturday March 26, 2011

Judgment Day for Qaddafi's Rights Record

Until the Libyan rebellion began, the world had no trouble shaking Qaddafi's hand and tolerating, if not condoning, his homicidal eccentricities. On Sunday, the Toronto Star ran a headline “Human Rights Council burnished Libya’s image.” Wrong, wrong, wrong. A more accurate headline …

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Written by Peter Worthington on Monday February 28, 2011