So Iran wants to be on the UN Human Rights Council… (VIDEO)
[vodpod id=Video.3431310&w=425&h=350&fv=playlist%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fbloggingheads.tv%2Fdiavlogs%2Fliveplayer-playlist%2F27409%2F15%3A10%2F16%3A40%26amp%3Bshuffle%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bstreamscript%3Drtmp%26amp%3Bautostart%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bshowdigits%3Dtotal%26amp%3Bshowskip%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bbackcolor%3D0x000000%26amp%3Bfrontcolor%3D0x787878%26amp%3Blightcolor%3D0xff0000%26amp%3Bimage%3D%2Fimages%2Fscreenshots%2Fbhtv-2010-04-13-mg-ns.jpg%26amp%3Benablejs%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bdisplayad%3Dfalse] BloggingheadsTV had Mark Leon Goldberg of UN Dispatch talking with Suzanne Nossel of the State Department yesterday about Iran’s bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Yes, you heard that right. This, apparently, is how the Human Rights Council works — the countries most qualified to speak about human rights […]
Protesting against Ahmadinejad at the UN
A lot will be written in the coming days about the upcoming protests surrounding Ahmadinejad’s visit to the UN. Undoubtedly, most accounts will blur the lines between those protesters who are standing up for the rights of Iranians, and those who would use the current turmoil as a cudgel to advance their political agenda of […]