BBC hasn’t heard of UN abuse of women?
Read this article, but don’t expect any mention of rampant UN peacekeeper abuse around the world. It even quotes the UN saying this (yes, they seem to quote the UN directly – not the Secretary General or even a UN official):
The UN says at least one in three women will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime.
It has called on leaders and people around the world to address what it said was a “global pandemic” of abuse.
Women between the ages of 15 and 44 are at greater risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, traffic accidents, war and malaria, says the UN.
It says violence against women has been reported in every international or non-international warzone and that half of all women murdered are killed by their current or former partner.
No mention in this article of the admitted, extensive, and pervasive abuse by UN peacekeepers. None. No mention of Islam. But there is this -
In Iraq, women have seen their rights eroded “in all areas of life,” according to the UN’s special rapporteur on violence against women, Yakin Erturk.
Iraqi women’s rights, in particular, have eroded in recent years. Something should be done! Give the UN more access to them!
How ironic that the BBC (still headquartered in Britain) makes no mention of the horrendous abuses of women taking place right under their noses. Sharia law councils have begun to make their judgement towards Islamic women and the British gov’t remains silent. Honor killings, rape, submit or be put out of the community with nothing – all acceptable lest waves be made.
Jack Bauer aptly addressed the UN the other night when he told the spineless UN peacekeeper who was too afraid to aide children hiding from being kidnapped and forced to be soldiers,
“Why don’t you go hide in the shelter with the other children”
Comment by Dana — 11/25/2008 @ 9:46 am
This is what happens when the press gets lazy and regurgitates press releases as “news.”
They quote “the UN” because it came directly from a UN publication. They don’t mention the UN scandals because the UN press release didn’t.
It’s an even bet whether they were quoting the UN on Iraq, or whether the BBC reporter made that up on his own.
Comment by Kevin Murphy — 11/25/2008 @ 10:26 am
If the statements came from a UN publication, they would (should) have cited it.
No – it came from the BBC, acting as the direct mouthpiece of the UN.
Comment by Amphipolis — 11/25/2008 @ 12:03 pm