HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER LITTMAN OUTRAGED AFTER DEBATE CUT: “We are constantly stopped by points of order by (Muslim) delegates, It is very depressing to be censored this time by the Canadian chairman”

I interviewed David Littman here a couple of weeks back:

The spectacular David Littman is singular in his decades-long fight for human rights and against the overwhelming islamisation of the UN and the UN human rights council in particular. Littman, meticulous in his research, is relentless in his pursuit of truth, justice and accountability. He is forever holding the UNHRC's feet to the fire. G-d bless that man.

Check out the latest episode to shut the truth up. Truth – the new hate speech.

UNITED NATIONS — Canada's top diplomat at the United Nations in Geneva used
his position as debate chair to cut short an accredited speaker as he detailed
anti-Semitism in Islamic-sourced books.

The action by Ambassador Marius Grinius took place in the UN's Human Rights
Council, where Muslim and Arab countries regularly deliver harangues against the
"Zionist Entity" — a term many of them use to describe Israel.

He said David Littman, delivering a joint statement for the Association for
World Education and the World Union for Progressive Judaism, had been "off
topic" as the chamber debated a series of human rights reports.

Littman said his bid to call for a "universal condemnation" of defamations of
Judaism was appropriate because a report dealing with freedom of expression and
hate speech had been at the top of the agenda list.

"There was no valid reason for me to be stopped by the chair," he wrote in a
letter of protest to Grinius Monday.

"We are constantly stopped by points of order by (Muslim) delegates . . . It
is very depressing to be censored this time by the Canadian chairman."

The office for Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said it was looking
more closely at what happened during the debate, which took place Friday.
Officials said a preliminary inquiry suggested UN procedural officials had been
consulted.

"This was a procedural ruling and in no way indicative of the views of the
Government of Canada on either the content of Mr. Littman's remarks or on the
issue of defamation of religions," said Catherine Loubier, spokeswoman for
Cannon.

Littman said in an interview Grinius knew that what he was saying was
"incendiary" for Muslim and Arab countries in the 47-member council, which last
year ruled references to Islamic Shariah law were prohibited in debates.

"Our statement revealed the incitement to religious hatred in the Muslim
world, which indicates that only Islamophobia is considered a subject for
debate, and not Christianophobia or Judiophobia," said Littman, who regularly
addresses the human rights body as a representative of non-governmental
organizations approved by the UN's Economic and Social Council.

Though Canada holds a vice-president position at the council, Grinius sat as
chair because the Nigerian president had been absent.

The first interruption came at two minutes into Littman's statement, after he
had spoken of two books he said were anti-Semitic, but which were available on
UN premises in Geneva during a December event organized by the 56-member
Organization of the Islamic Conference.

After telling Littman he could continue only if he stopped "straying off the
subject matter," Grinius cut short the statement after about another minute —
ahead of its conclusion.

"This was a very troubling interruption of a speech protesting the distribution
at the UN of a vile anti-Semitic book," said Hillel Neuer, UN Watch executive
director. "We're used to seeing NGOs interrupted . . . by Iran, Pakistan, and
Egypt. But diplomats from democracies need to resist, not accommodate, the
forces of censorship and intolerance."

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UPDATE: Much thanks to Atlas reader Earl who sends us the asshat Mr. Marius Grinius's email addy: [email protected]