Monday, November 1, 2010

For the First Time America is Judged by the World

US faces first scrutiny by UN rights council.

U.S. groups produced a 400-page report criticising "glaring inadequacies in the United States human rights record," including the "discriminatory impact" of foreclosures, "widespread" racial profiling and "draconian" immigration policies.

"Those [policies] reflect the precipitous erosion of human rights protections in the US since 9/11," stated a spokesperson.