UN reserves the right to execute gays?
by UHRC on 23/11/10 at 1:47 pm
Yup, it’s true. On Saturday, the UN voted to remove “sexual orientation” from a resolution that protects’people from arbitrary’executions. The voted passed 79-70.
Here is the list of countries that’voted for’the right to kill people based on their sexual orientation:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brunei Dar-Sala, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Here are the countires that voted against the UN amendement to exlcude sexual orientation:
Andorra, Armenia, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Micronesia (FS), Monaco, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Claire Orr
Nov 24th, 2010
Absolutely unbelievable! Although I’m only mildly surprised given teh list of those for and against, but I was shocked to see South Africa voting yes – I always saw it as a very progressive country.
One imagines there is a lot of partisan voting going on here – for my part, it reduces the UN to little more than a political version of the Eurovision Song Contest . . .
Sara Marie
Dec 19th, 2010
This is absolutly outrageous!!!
Jeremiah Tatola
Jan 5th, 2011
Wow, I guess our nations really will never be united,
I’m only 16 and I already have to start thinking of ways to try put an end to murder? Thanks a lot “leaders” of the world,
and yet no one will do anything about this… Because it’s not our country it’s not our problem?
Nice one world, right when i think we took a step forward we take three steps back…
When will we let love prevail?!?!