Posted on 03/19/2014 6:15:12 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
17 March 2014 Last updated at 11:32
China backs North Korea on human rights
China has dismissed a UN report that compared human rights abuses in North Korea to those in Nazi Germany.
A Chinese diplomat said the report lacked credibility, adding to fears that Beijing will block further action. He said some of the recommendations were divorced from reality.
North Korea called the report - which details murder, torture and starvation - a fabrication by hostile forces.
It was drawn up by UN-appointed jurists to document abuses in North Korea.
The head of the international panel of inquiry, Michael Kirby, told the council that great nations had had the courage to tackle the crimes of Nazi Germany, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and apartheid South Africa.
He said they must now act on North Korea.
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Well what did you expect??
It would appear China still places some value on having their little demonic proxy...
Nonsense. The Chinese value tradition. Visit some time. You’ll feel like your walking through the streets of Mayfield in an episode of Reave it to Beaver. Just ask Tina Tchen, Michelle Obama’s chief of staff and a first-generation Chinese-American...
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