Canada back at the UN... with Saudi Arabia as head of Human Rights..
Canada back at the UN... with Justin smiling along but isn't there some concerns about the UN...
1) Saudi Arabia as head of Human Rights Council... a nation that sentenced bloger to 1,000 lashes
2) Syria on head of another committee.... Assad, used chemical weapon on own people etc....
3) Open attacks on Israel.
4) Sudan given post at UNESCO
5) Head of UN general assembly up on bribery charges.
6) Burundi and Venezuela on human rights council
7) Iran on women's rights.
8) Whistle blower on child sex fired.
http://www.therebel.media/10_questions_trudeau_should
http://www.unwatch.org/en/
Sudan for example...
http://www.unwatch.org/the-deteriora...tion-in-sudan/
"So far this year, Sudanese security forces have shot dead more than 170 people, including children, and detained hundreds more. Bombing has intensified within the Blue Nile region as an estimated 300 bombs fell during the first half of 2014, largely targeting civilian areas. More recently,on August 5, the displaced persons of El Salam camp in South Darfur were brutally assaulted by government forces.Similar events have caused an estimated 250,000 new civilian IDPs between February and April 2014."
and Saudi Arabia.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/201...s/saudi-arabia
The Specialized Criminal Court, Saudi Arabia’s terrorism tribunal, sentenced prominent Eastern Province activist Fadhil al-Manasif to 15 years in prison, a 15-year ban on travel abroad, and a large fine on April 17 after it convicted him on charges that included “breaking allegiance with the ruler,” “contact with foreign news organizations to exaggerate the news,” and “circulating his phone number to [foreign] news agencies to allow them to call him.” The charges arose from al-Manasif’s assistance to international media covering the 2011 protests in Eastern Province.
Saudi Arabia’s discriminatory male guardianship system remains intact despite government pledges to abolish it. Under this system, ministerial policies and practices forbid women from obtaining a passport, marrying, traveling, or accessing higher education without the approval of a male guardian, usually a husband, father, brother, or son