Wednesday, December 7, 2011

U.N. calls out the United States Federal Government in relation to the Occupy Movement

The following is an excerpt from an article from The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund's website:
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From Huffington Post:

U.N. Envoy: U.S. Isn't Protecting Occupy Protesters' Rights


WASHINGTON -- The United Nations envoy for freedom of expression is drafting an official communication to the U.S. government demanding to know why federal officials are not protecting the rights of Occupy demonstrators whose protests are being disbanded -- sometimes violently -- by local authorities.


The link to the peice is, < http://www.justiceonline.org/press-coverage/un-envoy-us-isnt.html >

The link to The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund's home page is, 
http://www.justiceonline.org/index.html >

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