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More than 180 Rights Organisations Reject Defamation of Religions Campaign
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http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR284.htm
Publisher: International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX)
Date Written: 27/03/2009
Year Published: 2009
Resource Type: Article
More than 180 rights organisations worldwide have banded together to oppose a "defamation of religions" campaign at the UN mounted by Islamic states that would make criticising religion a crime in UN resolutions, declarations and world conferences.
Abstract: More than 180 rights organisations worldwide have banded together to oppose a "defamation of religions" campaign at the UN mounted by Islamic states that would make criticising religion a crime in UN resolutions, declarations and world conferences.
Most recently, Pakistan, on behalf of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), tabled a resolution on "combating defamation of religions" at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council. Although the text refers frequently to protect...
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