UN rights body ditches call to condemn religious 'defamation,' focuses on freedom of belief

by Associated Press
Washington Post
March 25, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1244/un-rights-body-ditches-call-to-condemn-religious

Excerpt:

GENEVA — The U.N.'s top human rights body has replaced its traditional condemnation of religious 'defamation' with a resolution underlining the right of individuals to freedom of belief.

The unanimous vote Thursday by the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva was welcomed by free speech activists.

U.S.-based Human Rights First praised the resolution as "a huge achievement because for the first time in many years it focuses on the protection of individuals rather than religions."

Read the complete original version of this item...

receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list