{"id":12468,"date":"2015-09-21T06:29:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12468"},"modified":"2015-09-21T06:29:32","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:29:32","slug":"not-a-joke-saudi-arabia-chosen-to-head-un-human-rights-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=12468","title":{"rendered":"Not a Joke \u2013 Saudi Arabia Chosen to Head UN Human Rights Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2015\/09\/20\/not-a-joke-saudi-arabia-chosen-to-head-un-human-rights-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Not a Joke \u2013 Saudi Arabia Chosen to Head UN Human Rights Panel<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27434\" src=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-09-20-at-6.33.28-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-09-20 at 6.33.28 PM\" width=\"281\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you were trying to put together a global all-star team of the most authoritarian, human rights abusing nations on earth, not only would Saudi Arabia be at the top of the list, it would be captain of the squad.<\/p>\n<p>In a move as embarrassing, laughable and tragic as Barack Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize just as he was about to embark upon several overseas wars\u00a0and drone countless civilians to death without due process, the United Nations has, remarkably, named Saudi Arabia head of it\u2019s human rights panel.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is something I warned of\u00a0back in May in the post,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to Saudi Arabia is Making a Play to Head the U.N. Human Rights Council\" href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2015\/05\/20\/saudi-arabia-is-making-a-play-to-head-the-u-n-human-rights-council\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Saudi Arabia is Making a Play to Head the U.N. Human Rights Council<\/a><\/strong>. Here are a few excerpts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Saudi Arabia is making a bid to head the United Nations\u2019 Human Rights Council (HRC) just days after it posted a slew of new job openings for executioners who would help carry out beheadings amid a massive uptick in state-sanctioned killings in the country.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>U.N. Watch, a nonprofit group that monitors the international body, disclosed Saudi Arabia\u2019s intentions in a recent report and urged the United States to fight against it,\u00a0describing the move as \u201cthe final nail in the coffin for the credibility\u201d of the HRC.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Neuer compared the possible ascension of Saudi Arabia to the top slot to electing \u201ca pyromaniac as the town fire chief.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All hail the pyromaniac in chief. From\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/anger-after-saudi-arabia-chosen-to-head-key-un-human-rights-panel-10509716.html\">the\u00a0<em>Independent<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"widget storyContent article widget-editable viziwyg-section-1024 inpage-widget-8939454 articleContent\">\n<blockquote><p><em>The United Nations has been criticised for handing Saudi Arabia a key human rights role \u2013 despite the country having\u00a0<strong>\u201carguably the worst record in the world\u201d on freedoms for women, minorities and dissidents.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a Joke \u2013 Saudi Arabia Chosen to Head UN Human Rights Panel If you were trying to put together a global all-star team of the most authoritarian, human rights abusing nations on earth, not only would Saudi Arabia be at the top of the list, it would be captain of the squad. 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