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Return to INA TODAY.com  homepage The following selections are made available for our readers' consideration. If you find them interesting -- support this site, buy a book -- or books! Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions... The Sword of the Prophet: History,... Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam International News Analysis -- the in-depth print report -- covers threats to our nation and views other media, from the right or the left, won't address. INA has no hidden agendas, "sacred cows," or "unspoken understandings" that restrain our news coverage. We filter nothing. INA uses sources others cannot -- or will not -- use to report on topics the other news organizations won't touch. Order 12 issues of International News Analysis for only $29.95 (U.S. funds; $39.95 Canadian and overseas). International News Analysis provides in-depth background on the events reported by INAToday.com. International News Analysis gives readers unique perspective on world events, since 1996. Send subscriptions to: International News Analysis. 2364 Jackson St. #301 Stoughton, WI 53589 U.S.A. Save on Your Taxes With A Donation to International News Analysis Institute Corp! Inatoday.com is sponsored by International News Analysis Institute Corp, a tax deductible, nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization. Your contribution will help the real story to be told on overseas events, untainted by the dominant media. We provide the news other sources can't or won't tell you about. Inatoday.com directly benefits you. Please provide us with your support. You may contribute by credit card: -- or by check to: International News Analysis 2364 Jackson St. #301 Stoughton, WI 53589 U.S.A. International Free Press Group Condemns U.N. Human Rights Commission to Engage in "Cover-up" March 19, 2003 By Toby Westerman Copyright 2003 International News Analysis Today www.inatoday.com The U.N. Commission on Human Rights is about to agree to "dirty deals" to "cover-up for the brutalities of some of its members," according to an international free press advocacy group. The Human Rights Commission is playing a "fool's game" and is a "farce," according to a recent statement issued by Reporters sans Frontiers -- Reporters without Borders - during its protest against Libya chairing the current session of the Commission. The denunciation of the U.N. Human Rights Commission occurs as some anti-war groups threaten to bring the United States before the World Court for using military force against Iraq without a U.N. mandate. The appointment of Libya as chair of the Human Rights Commission has led observers to question if the U.N. has any credibility to act as an impartial force in the international arena. At the opening of the 59th session of the Human Rights Commission, representatives from Reporters without Borders issued a bitterly ironic statement referring to the new Libyan chairwoman of the Commission, Najat Al-Hajjaji. The protest statement read in part, "at last the U.N. has appointed someone who knows what she is talking about!" and denounced Libya for abusing human rights "every day." "Libya knows a thing or two about the infringement of freedoms," since it uses "disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests, detention without charge or trial, pervasive censorship, harassment of opponents' families," stated Reporters without Borders. "With Libya at the helm, the Commission has just shown itself ready to cover up for the brutalities of some of its members through dirty deals," Reporters without Borders declared, and urged the Commission "to cease this fool's game." Reporters without Borders asked the members of the Commission if "…the victims of acts of violence deserve a bit more consideration and respect?" Libya assumed the chair of the U.N. Human Rights Commission on March 17, 2003 after its election on January 20. In her capacity as chairwoman of the U.N. Human Rights Commission, Najat Al-Hajjaji denounced the United States for "the threat of a new catastrophic war" which violates "all fundamental rights, particularly the right of life," according to a report from the French right-of-center news daily, Le Figaro. Al-Hajjaji declared any U.S. action without the approval of the United Nations "an illegitimate and illegal war," Le Figaro reported. Copyright 2003 International News Analysis Today INA Today.com 2364 Jackson St. #301 Stoughton, WI 53589 U.S.A. Unique sources -- unique information -- news and analysis you will find nowhere else. Read International News Analysis. Order 12 issues of International News Analysis for only $29.95 (U.S. funds; $39.95 Canadian and overseas). Send subscriptions to: International News Analysis 2364 Jackson St. #301 Stoughton, WI 53589 U.S.A. Return to INA TODAY.com homepage