By Roger W. Gardner (Originally published at RadarSite)

Could this poor world of ours be any more topsy-turvy than it already is?

The United Nations, this once-relevant world body, this much heralded promise for the future of mankind has slowly but surely become little more than a pitiful spectacle of corruption and compromise. A monumentally ponderous and inept Tower of Babel filled with incompetents and villians, falling over one another to promote the evil machinations of petty tyrants and Islamist thugs.

And now, my friends, in this latest episode of this ongoing farce, we are obliged to suffer the national indignity of an arbitrary investigation into our American systems of social justice. We are going to be evaluated by special rapporteur Doudou Dieneto. He will be touring the US to see if we measure up to those universal standards of human rights — as exemplified by his native country of Senegal.

So, torn between laughter and tears, let’s take a quick look at this symbol of national integrity called Senegal.

Senegal
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
February 25, 2004

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27748.htm

Government forces were responsible for several deaths during the year, and several disappearances from previous years remained unsolved. At times, police tortured and beat suspects during questioning and arbitrarily arrested and detained persons. Prison conditions were poor. Impunity remained a problem.
Lengthy pretrial detention largely due to an overburdened judiciary is a problem. Human rights advocates and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)continued to report a decrease in arbitrary arrests and random violence in connection with the Casamance insurgency. The Government, at times, limited the freedoms of speech and association. Domestic violence and discrimination against women, female genital mutilation (FGM), child labor and trafficking in persons remained problems.
There were reports that rebel MFDC forces committed killings, torture, and rape.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR49/002/2008/enSenegal/Gambia:

Intimidation/ fear of enforced disappearance: Yahya Danfa
Senegal/Gambia: Intimidation/ fear of enforced disappearance: Yahya Danfa

Topsy-turvy
world…

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