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  • Gadaffi To Head Human Rights Body

    08/20/2002 10:20:19 AM PDT · by gubamyster · 62 replies · 311+ views
    SkyNews ^ | Tue 20 Aug 2002
    Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi is to head an international watchdog on human rights. Libya is to be elected chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights - despite its links with terrorism and torture. The move sparked a storm of controversy as it emerged British officials did nothing to block the appointment. Libyan terrorists were responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, which killed 270 people, and Gadaffi's regime has been criticised for violence against its own people. Isolate Human rights groups and Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith united to criticise the appointment. But a Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "Our...