Rouhani’s charm offensive is belied by “widespread, systemic and systematic” human rights violations documented by Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, notes Irwin Cotler, a Canadian Member of Parliament and a former minister of justice and attorney-general, who outlines “a human rights index – an inventory of serious human rights abuses and the corresponding actions required to turn Iran from a republic of fear to what Rouhani called a free Iran” which serves as a litmus test for the authenticity of Rouhani’s commitment to justice and human rights: - See more at: demdigest.net/blog/2013/10/u-s-mustnt-be-naive-about-iran-rouhani-charm-offensive-belied-by-systemic-rights-violations/#sthash.YxbAO3C7.dpuf
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:20:23 +0000
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