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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 12:37 PM
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Venezuela rejects UN petitions to repeal crimes of opinion
http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/111011/venezuela-rejects-un-petitions-to-repeal-crimes-of-opinion

EL UNIVERSAL
Tuesday October 11, 2011 12:38 PM

The Venezuelan government rejected the recommendation made by five members of the UN Human Rights Council to amend the crime code and the organic code on military justice with the purpose of suppressing the crimes of vilification, defamation, libel and others punishing freedom of opinion.

Venezuela's decision is included in the final report of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) that was approved on Tuesday at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

Caracas also dismissed the request made by other delegations to adopt legal measures to ensure the independence of judges.


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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 12:54 PM
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1. I'm sure this will be ignored by many here.
Venezuela is a bastion of democracy, don't you know. Just so long as you don't have the wrong beliefs or speak them.
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-11-11 01:36 PM
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2. I'm with you n/t
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