A Victory for the Internet In a ground-breaking vote on an issue that affects all of us, the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday endorsed a resolution upholding the principle of freedom of expression and information on the Internet.
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Syrian opposition to ‘Iranian people’: ‘Ties between two nations must not be cut off’
GVF — In a recent statement addressed to the “People of Iran”, the Supreme Council for the Leadership of the Syrian Revolution has said the Iranian regime’s stance towards the crackdowns in Syrian should not entail the severing of ties between the people of Iran and Syria.
US keeps eight nations on religious freedom blacklist
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged governments Tuesday to do more to defend religious freedom as Washington released a report citing eight countries with troubling records on the issue.
We welcome the United Nations, and ask that you please allow Ahmed Shaheed entry into your country
UK Charge d’Affaires in a response to Mahmoud Ahamadinejad’s comments about the recent riots in Britain said any investigators are welcome in their country and asked that Iran do the same and allow entry to the UN Special Rapporteur.
Free Speech and the Internet
The New York Times – As the United Nations has said, access to the Internet is a human right. A report by the U.N.’s special rapporteur presented last month to the Human Rights Council in Geneva warns that this right is being threatened by governments around the world — democracies included.
UN rights investigator on Iran named
A former foreign minister of the Maldives, Ahmed Shaheed, was named United Nations human rights investigator on Iran on Friday, the first in nearly a decade.