Muslims get TV crew kicked out of meeting on free expression
Two journalists making a documentary on how the United Nations handles human rights issues were ejected from a UN meeting in Geneva earlier this week. The subjects under discussion at the meeting were freedom of expression and “defamation of religion”. The expulsion was ordered at the behest of the Organisation of Islamic Conference.
Two journalists from the French-German cultural channel ARTE were asked to leave a meeting room at the UN’s European headquarters during a public session of a human rights body preparing for a racism conference in South Africa later this year.
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According to a diplomatic source, the expulsion announced by the chairman of the session, Russian representative Yuri Boychenko, was requested by the Organisation of Islamic Conference and by the African group of states.
The OIC strikes another blow for free speech.
h/t: Infidels Are Cool
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