"Iran is distributing a booklet on Canadian human rights "violations" in a bid to discredit Canada on the eve of the annual United Nations summit where its own rights record will be the subject of intense scrutiny.
The 70-page document being handed out to diplomats at the United Nations comes with an inscription that says it is written "In the Name of God" as it rails against the Canadian government.
Routine unlawful strip and beatings by Canadian police has been a matter of concern for international community," notes the booklet, entitled Report on Human Rights Situation in Canada, adding that "the practice of police is alarming simply because ... it is functioning as if there is no need to have judges."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA....
He continues...
"The publication, which claims its allegations are drawn from "objective and factual information released by authentic and credible international sources," alleges that a range of human rights violation occur in Canada, especially toward aboriginal peoples, refugees and immigrants."
"objective and factual information released by authentic and credible international sources". Heh..Sounds like he needs to open an account here....
"To the great dismay of the international community, it is a great concern that the rights of women are violated, and no serious attention has been paid in promotion and protection of women's rights in Canada.""
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....oh whew...
Yeah, you know the latest trend with women in Canada is? They're camped outside the Iranian embassy waiting to get permission to immigrate there and enjoy their rights finally. You can see them there every day.
"The booklet emerges on the eve of the UN's annual summit, to be attended by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier.
Part of the two men's efforts will be to persuade other world leaders to stay on side with a resolution Canada plans to drive through the UN General Assembly for the fifth consecutive year this fall, denouncing Iran's poor human rights record.
Iran's anti-Canadian booklet signals that its president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who will also be in New York for the summit, will argue that Canada is guilty of hypocrisy.
"It may well [win Iran support], and Canada will have to stand in the General Assembly and explain its position," said Max Morrison, a former Canadian diplomat at the UN who is now president of the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies."
..Uh-oh....Explain what position? That black is not white?
Canada has long led scrutiny of Iran at the world body, but tensions between the two countries erupted after the 2003 torture and murder of Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi in an Iranian jail.
Iran typically positions itself as the victim, and last year came within two votes of winning enough UN support to throw out the Canadian-led condemnation of 2006.
link...and then Cuba chimes in...
Some of the most popular holiday destinations for Canadians have spurned helping Ottawa fight off Iran's bid to taint Canada's human rights record.
In a showdown at the United Nations, Cuba joined Iran and four other countries supporting Tehran's call for the world body to censure Canada over its treatment of aboriginal Canadians and immigrants.
Various other countries popular with Canadian tourists stopped short of speaking up for Canada by abstaining. Among them were China, Thailand, Singapore, Barbados, Costa Rica, and South Africa.
The backbone of support for Canada came from Western democracies, and the European Union, Australia and New Zealand went on record saying Iran's anti-Canadian draft had been political retaliation for Canada's leadership Tuesday in seeing Iran's human rights record condemned.
Human rights resolutions at the world body are meant to ''name-and-shame'' countries that abuse their citizens, but whether they pass, they often reveal allegiances on the international stage.
Against the backdrop of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, Canada has provided considerable political and economic support to Cuba over the years, despite the island state's own internationally documented lapses in respecting human rights.
Canadian tourists have also made Cuba one of their top five destinations, and Statistics Canada figures show some 517,900 visited last year, spending more than $457 million.
''That's almost a quarter of all the tourists Cuba received last year,'' said Maria Werlau, a Cuban exile who runs the human rights Free Society Project from New Jersey, and has written on the importance of tourism to Cuba.
''For Cuba to take this stance on a measure even they know is politically motivated is a cheap shot, and Canadians need to be informed about how Fidel Castro's government is repaying them for their indirect support of his regime.''
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It also ''deplores the worrying situation of female prisoners'' in Canada - a clause some experts believe the Iranians inserted in retaliation for Canadian condemnation of the 2003 torture and murder in a Tehran jail of Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi.
linkWhat a bunch of jackasses. Next year I'm vacationing in Alabama.
When these guys play "leader" it's like watching a little girl put on her mother's clothes and shoes, pearls and hat, and go pushing a stoller around that's taller then they are. They're learning. One day they'll get there.
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