US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi vows that the gloves are off.
So the Democrats have been handling the Republicans with gloves trough more than five years of the power-mad, corrupt, and all-around odious Bush regime?
Good to have that confirmed.
The 56 members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have commenced their campaign to limit freedom of expression through a UN convention on respect for religion, Jyllands-Posten reports from the ongoing UNESCO Executive Board meeting in Paris. A “well-placed source” is quoted thus: “They are trying to restrain the way freedom of expression is implemented in our part of the world. They want to force us to punish people who use freedom of expression in ways that can offend religious feelings and symbols in their part of the world.”
Despite resistance from the EU countries, the OIC does not budge in the initial negotiations. It is expected to gain a majority for instructing UNESCO to draft such a convention if the matter is put to vote, as many African and Latin-American countries will vote in favor. Fortunately the convention has no practical meaning if the Western countries reject it.
Meanwhile, in Egypt according to al-Ahram:
The journalists’ general assembly coincided with the meeting of judges at the nearby Judges Club. They, too, vowed to continue their confrontation with the government until their demands are met.
In related news, Aftenposten reports that Arab journalists visiting colleagues in Norway this week said they have to be extremely careful about expressing critical attitudes towards religion. Voicing doubt or unbelief carries significant risk of abuse or violent death: “Several journalists called this an essential problematic, but symptomatically refrained from elaboration,” the newspaper states. It continues:
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