Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Obama Wants Arizona Judged by Human Rights Offender



Obama Wants Arizona Judged by Human Rights Offender
By Ben Johnson


If the Obama administration has its way, Arizona’s immigration law will be evaluated by a nation the State Department considers a human rights abuser. Barack Obama included a reference to the Arizona law in America’s first-ever report to the UN Human Rights Council earlier this month.

On November 5, a troika of nations composed of Japan, France, and Cameroon will hear the case against the United States and suggest a plan of action for the administration to follow before its re-evaluation in four years.

However, the State Department records that Cameroon is guilty of numerous human rights violations including torture, suppression of the press, child labor, and female genital mutilation. The State Department’s 2009 Human Rights Report on Cameroon records the African nation’s violent history....

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