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Iran: Human Rights is a Problem...in the US and Europe
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 8:42
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Sometimes a political move is so audacious that --- for all the pain and tragedy that it obscures --- you have to tip your hat at the hypocrisy.
Iran's delegation at the United General Assembly cut loose yesterday, criticising the US, Canada and European Union for human rights violations. One Iranian concern was that “racial and religious prejudice have increased in the EU countries in the past few years. Muslims and religious minorities are verbally and physically attacked and are often barred from job opportunities." Another was that in the United States, "ethnic minorities and residents who are originally from Africa or Latin America are the victims of prejudice and deprived of human rights".
However, it was what followed that turned my interest into wonder: "The Iranians went on to say that police in the EU countries have 'resorted to torture and violence'." In Canada, “Native women are the victims of police violence and rape. They are kept in mixed prisons in which they are inevitably bothered by either their cellmates or prison staff.”
Where is the Iranian Jon Stewart when you need him?
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Sometimes a political move is so audacious that --- for all the pain and tragedy that it obscures --- you have to tip your hat at the hypocrisy.Iran's delegation at the United General Assembly cut loose yesterday, criticising the US, Canada and European Union for human rights violations. One Iranian concern was that “racial and religious prejudice have increased in the EU countries in the past few years. Muslims and religious minorities are verbally and physically attacked and are often barred from job opportunities." Another was that in the United States, "ethnic minorities and residents who are originally from Africa or Latin America are the victims of prejudice and deprived of human rights".
However, it was what followed that turned my interest into wonder: "The Iranians went on to say that police in the EU countries have 'resorted to torture and violence'." In Canada, “Native women are the victims of police violence and rape. They are kept in mixed prisons in which they are inevitably bothered by either their cellmates or prison staff.”
Where is the Iranian Jon Stewart when you need him?