Iran attacks Canada's human rights violations

[Vidare]

I found this to be an interesting, albeit very entertaining, article that was printed in my home town's Saturday newspaper.

Iran attacks Canada's human rights record

Sat Sep 22 2007

By Steven Edwards
UNITED NATIONS -- In a bid to discredit Canada at the United Nations, Iran is equipping world diplomats with a 70-page booklet on Canada's alleged human rights violations.

Written by Iran "in the name of God," the document asserts that the Canadian government denies its people food, clean water and the right to work.

"Routine unlawful strip and beatings by Canadian police has been a matter of concern for international community," notes the booklet, entitled Report on Human Rights Situation in Canada, adding that "the practice of police is alarming simply because I it is functioning as if there is no need to have judges."

The publication, which claims its allegations are drawn from "objective and factual information released by authentic and credible international sources", alleges that a range of human rights violations occur in Canada, especially toward aboriginal peoples and immigrants.

"To the great dismay of the international community, it is a great concern that the rights of women are violated, and no serious attention has been paid in promotion and protection of women's rights in Canada."

Moreover, the document concludes, "Canada's position as a self-declared standard-bearer on human rights has been demoted to a blind-folded-and-bullied follower of the new school of unilateralism and the axis of derailment of international human rights law."

The booklet emerges on the eve of the UN's annual summit, to be attended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier.

Part of the two men's efforts will be to convince other world leaders to stay on side with a resolution Canada drove through the UN General Assembly in 2006, denouncing Iran's poor human rights record.

Iran's booklet signals that its president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who will also be in New York for the summit, will argue that Canada is guilty of hypocrisy.

"It may well (win Iran support), and Canada will have to stand in the General Assembly and explain its position," said Max Morrison, a former Canadian diplomat at the UN who is now president of the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies.

Canada has long led scrutiny of Iran at the world body, but tensions between the two countries erupted after the 2003 torture and murder of Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi in an Iranian jail.

-- CanWest News Service

This guy is a complete and utter whack-job, I swear. The Canadian government doesn't -have- to supply the population with food. Why? Because the vast majority of people aged 18+ have jobs(which the government didn't deny them) and can supply for the most part their own food.

The women's rights violations that he alleges are laughable. In the early to mid 90's, our Prime Minister was, gasp, a woman. While she didn't serve a full term because she was filling in for someone who stepped down(if I remember correctly), that really -should- say something. If the things he suggests actually occurred I -really- don't think that she would've gotten one of the most powerful positions in the country.

[leira]

Is the Iranian government crazy or just stupid?

Canada certainly isn't above flaw, but human rights abuses are far from routine here. If they were focusing specifically on the treatment of our aboriginal people, I'd have to admit they had a point, as we still need alot of work there. But claiming that women and immigrants are frequently mistreated by the government, and that the government withholds food, work, and clean water? Give me a break.

Hopefully the full text of this document is put online at some point, as I'd like to read it to see how much of it(if any) has any basis in reality.

[kestra]

Blame Canada, blame Canada........(South Park)

[Wrent]

That's it... The US is opening trade and borders to Cuba and switching the embargo and general ill will towards Canada!

Hockey will now be illegal in the US as it is clearly a high risk activity to lead a country down the dark road of human rights abuse!

Cigars > Hockey Pucks

[Savaric]

Sounds like prototypical Iranian propaganda. They have state-run media and all kinds of brain washing shit they feed their populace.

"Written by Iran "in the name of God," the document asserts that the Canadian government denies its people food, clean water and the right to work."

It's why Iran needs to be taken seriously. They aren't a bunch of circus clowns vying for attention. They have serious agendas.

[Savaric]

Originally posted by leira
Is the Iranian government crazy or just stupid?

Is that a real question?

[Darion]

Oh, Iran. You so crazy!

[Aristotle]

lol Iran

[Gesslar]

Linkz please.

[Jidoe]

This is the link to the report Vidare posted.