Human Rights Re: American Attitudes

[John D. Giorgis]

At 06:59 PM 5/24/01 +0200 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>As for the "defending human rights" you mention, I find it a typical case 
>of double standards. The US claims to be "defending human rights" all over 
>the world, but at the same time has no problem violating human rights at 
>home. Last time I checked (about 15 minutes ago...), executing prisoners 
>was still a violation of human rights. 

The United Nations apparently does not think so:
   http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

JDG
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