UN rights body ditches call to condemn religious “defamation”, focuses on freedom of belief
The UN’s top human rights body has replaced its traditional condemnation of religious “defamation” with a resolution underlining the right of individuals to freedom of belief: previous resolutions backed largely by Muslim countries had sought to criminalize any criticism of religions that was deemed offensive by believers.
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