Contents tagged with Human Rights Council
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 3:19 PM Mar. 12, 2013
EU Demands Pastor Saeed’s Release at UN, Where is the US?
Yesterday, despite the silence of the U.S. State Department, your voice was heard at the United Nations (U.N.) on behalf of imprisoned American Pastor Saeed Abedini. At the request of over 435,000 individuals around the world who signed our petition, the European Union (EU) demanded Iran release American Pastor Saeed at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Our petition to the U.N., EU and Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights is making a tremendous impact, and Pastor Saeed’... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Jordan Sekulow | 1:18 PM Mar. 8, 2013
ACLJ Affiliate Presents Pastor Saeed’s Case Before United Nations Human Rights Council
Earlier this week, a team from the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), the ACLJ’s international affiliate with Special Consultative Status as an NGO with the United Nations (U.N.), presented Pastor Saeed Abedini’s case before the U.N. Human Rights Council. This meeting presented a critical opportunity to elevate Pastor Saeed’s case in the international arena. This presentation at the U.N. represents one of the many ways we are engaging the international community in... Continue Reading
Filed in: Iran | by Tiffany Barrans | 4:19 PM Mar. 12, 2012
Engaging Iran at the United Nations to Free Pastor Youcef
For the first time, the Iranian regime has admitted to the world community that the case against Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani involves his Christian faith and religious activity, as there are new calls at the United Nations (UN) for his immediate release. As I sit in a room full of international media and representatives of UN member states at a meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, listening to Special Rapporteur Dr. Ahmed Shaheed present his report on human rights abuses in ... Continue Reading
Filed in: United Nations | by Jay Sekulow | 12:00 AM Mar. 25, 2011
Putting a Stop to Islamic-Led Defamation of Religions?
It's a significant step toward victory in our ongoing effort to safeguard religious freedom around the globe. For the first time since 1999, the Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC) has not introduced a "defamation of religions" resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Instead, the 47-member Council has approved a resolution that focuses more on an individuals freedom to believe as they choose - no longer referring to the "defamation" concept and dropping all... Continue Reading
Filed in: Immigration | by Nathanael Bennett | 12:00 AM Sep. 23, 2010
Protecting Human Life & American Sovereignty
Much of the activity is Congress is already focused on the upcoming mid-term elections. But there are still several key legislative issues under consideration that are important to Americans. As Congress prepares to adjourn to return to home districts for the mid-term elections, we're engaged in vital legislative efforts underway that focus on the protection of human life. At the same time, we're on the front lines defending an AZ law that's under attack. First, as you know, weve been working in federal court to defend the State of Arizonas right to protect its own borders. Now, the President in an act that undermines our national sovereignty has filed a report with the international U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, detailing the United States record on human rights. Unfortunately, the report read more like a political document than anything, and worst of all, it includes Arizona law SB 1070 - the state's immigration law - in its list of possible human rights problems. Thi... Continue Reading
Filed in: Immigration | by Jay Sekulow | 12:00 AM Sep. 20, 2010
Obama Labels AZ Immigration Law as Human Rights Problem
The battle over immigration and the challenge to Arizona's sound and reasonable immigration law has reached a new low. President Obama's State Department has filed an unprecedented report with the United Nations Human Rights Council citing Arizona's immigration law as a human rights problem in this country. That's right - the Obama Administration, which is challenging the AZ law in federal court, is now appealing to the United Nations - and to some of the most repressive countries in the world - actually citing the Arizona law as an example of human rights abuses in this country. It is a comparison that is deeply troubling. How can the President compare AZ's law - which protects the state's borders and residents - to a human rights abuse? There's no shortage of legitimate human rights abuses that need to be investigated - including the murder and torture of Christians around the world because of their religious beliefs. To compare AZ's immigration law to a human rights problem ... Continue Reading