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188096
Mon, 06/13/2011 - 09:01
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Western Countries' Hypocrisy on Human Rights
TEHRAN (FNA)- Western countries are always looking for an opportunity to charge Iran with human rights violations, even though they have a terrible record of violating the human rights of their own citizens.
These countries are making use of pro-Zionist media outlets to create an anti-Iran climate. They are trying to create fear and hatred of other countries in order to cover up the dismal human rights record in the West, a Tehran Times article said.
The article further cited the following paragraphs to provide a few clear examples of the situation in these so-called free countries.
Sweden, which sponsored a number of measures at the UN charging Iran with violating human rights, itself has a very long list of human rights violations. Over the past few decades, racism and religious intolerance have been two clearly evident phenomena in Sweden. The European Commissioner for Human Rights has filed numerous reports on these issues, and the Swedish authorities have acknowledged the veracity of the reports.
The discriminatory approach used by the Swedish judicial system toward immigrants provides a clear example of the situation. The official eavesdropping on immigrants, conducted on the pretext of the need to prevent terrorism and organized crime, is another example of the violation of civil liberties. According to Amnesty International, violence against women is a human rights catastrophe in Swedish society.
The human rights situation in the Netherlands is a result of the paradoxical actions of the country's officials. Various phenomena, such as Islamophobia, xenophobia, gender discrimination, the violation of children's rights, and the dark situation in prisons are all clear examples of human rights violations in the Netherlands. The sale of certain halal foods is prohibited in a country that has over a million Muslim residents. Disrespect for Muslims and insults to Islamic values have gone beyond the boundaries of free speech, and anti-Islamic figures like MP Geert Wilders are obviously trying to undermine an important monotheistic religion. No one is allowed to defend Islam, but the district court in Arnhem fined the Arab European League 2500 euros for publishing Holocaust cartoons, and the municipality of Leiden invited Salman Rushdie to make an official speech at one of the city's universities.
This so-called free country pressures Muslims to change their religion if they seek to obtain citizenship, and those who do not agree are treated in a degrading and humiliating way.
Norway is a signatory to many international conventions on human rights, and its government has always claimed to be one of the standard-bearers of the fundamental principles of human rights. However, the people of the country are divided into two categories, Norwegians and immigrants, and the immigrants are not given equal civil rights. In fact, the government is only concerned about the situation of citizens of Norwegian origin.
In Norway, most human rights violations are committed against Muslims and immigrants. The way Norwegian officials deal with Muslims is heavily influenced by the rampant Islamophobia in the country. Immigrants are not even permitted to donate blood, and health centers refuse to accept foreign blood donors.
The unprecedented level of Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslims in Norway, the rise in rapes, the trafficking of women from Russia and other countries for sexual slavery, poor prison conditions, the humiliating treatment of immigrants, increased violence toward and sexual abuse of children, and the excessive use of wiretaps by the police are all clear examples of human rights violations that have been repeatedly censured by the United Nations Human Rights Council and Amnesty International.
This is just a brief glimpse at the appalling human rights situation in the West. And thus, rather than making a constructive appraisal of Iran's progress in the area of human rights, which could serve as a model for Western countries, the Westerners continue to criticize the Islamic Republic in order to divert attention from the human rights situation in their own countries.
These countries are making use of pro-Zionist media outlets to create an anti-Iran climate. They are trying to create fear and hatred of other countries in order to cover up the dismal human rights record in the West, a Tehran Times article said.
The article further cited the following paragraphs to provide a few clear examples of the situation in these so-called free countries.
Sweden, which sponsored a number of measures at the UN charging Iran with violating human rights, itself has a very long list of human rights violations. Over the past few decades, racism and religious intolerance have been two clearly evident phenomena in Sweden. The European Commissioner for Human Rights has filed numerous reports on these issues, and the Swedish authorities have acknowledged the veracity of the reports.
The discriminatory approach used by the Swedish judicial system toward immigrants provides a clear example of the situation. The official eavesdropping on immigrants, conducted on the pretext of the need to prevent terrorism and organized crime, is another example of the violation of civil liberties. According to Amnesty International, violence against women is a human rights catastrophe in Swedish society.
The human rights situation in the Netherlands is a result of the paradoxical actions of the country's officials. Various phenomena, such as Islamophobia, xenophobia, gender discrimination, the violation of children's rights, and the dark situation in prisons are all clear examples of human rights violations in the Netherlands. The sale of certain halal foods is prohibited in a country that has over a million Muslim residents. Disrespect for Muslims and insults to Islamic values have gone beyond the boundaries of free speech, and anti-Islamic figures like MP Geert Wilders are obviously trying to undermine an important monotheistic religion. No one is allowed to defend Islam, but the district court in Arnhem fined the Arab European League 2500 euros for publishing Holocaust cartoons, and the municipality of Leiden invited Salman Rushdie to make an official speech at one of the city's universities.
This so-called free country pressures Muslims to change their religion if they seek to obtain citizenship, and those who do not agree are treated in a degrading and humiliating way.
Norway is a signatory to many international conventions on human rights, and its government has always claimed to be one of the standard-bearers of the fundamental principles of human rights. However, the people of the country are divided into two categories, Norwegians and immigrants, and the immigrants are not given equal civil rights. In fact, the government is only concerned about the situation of citizens of Norwegian origin.
In Norway, most human rights violations are committed against Muslims and immigrants. The way Norwegian officials deal with Muslims is heavily influenced by the rampant Islamophobia in the country. Immigrants are not even permitted to donate blood, and health centers refuse to accept foreign blood donors.
The unprecedented level of Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslims in Norway, the rise in rapes, the trafficking of women from Russia and other countries for sexual slavery, poor prison conditions, the humiliating treatment of immigrants, increased violence toward and sexual abuse of children, and the excessive use of wiretaps by the police are all clear examples of human rights violations that have been repeatedly censured by the United Nations Human Rights Council and Amnesty International.
This is just a brief glimpse at the appalling human rights situation in the West. And thus, rather than making a constructive appraisal of Iran's progress in the area of human rights, which could serve as a model for Western countries, the Westerners continue to criticize the Islamic Republic in order to divert attention from the human rights situation in their own countries.
