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  • Could You Be A Criminal? US Supports UN Anti-Free Speech Measure (Flashback - Resolution 16/18)

    09/14/2012 2:20:10 PM PDT · by bronxville · 19 replies
    Forbes ^ | 12/30/2011 | Abigail R. Esman
    RESOLUTION 16/18 [...] An initiative of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (formerly Organization of Islamic Conferences), the confederacy of 56 Islamic states, Resolution 16/18 seeks to limit speech that is viewed as “discriminatory” or which involves the “defamation of religion” – specifically that which can be viewed as “incitement to imminent violence.”... Initially proposed in response to alleged discrimination against Muslims in the aftermath of 9/11 and in an effort to clamp down on anti-Muslim attacks in non-Muslim countries, Resolution 16/18 has been through a number of revisions over the years in order to make it palatable to American representatives...