Zimbabwe Elected to UN Human Rights Commission (Really!)

Under the objections of the United States, Canada and Australia, Zimbabwe was elected as a new member of the United Nations Human Rights Commission.

According to BBC News, the U.S. representative, "accused Zimbabwe of maintaining repressive controls on political assembly and the media.
He asked how they could expect Zimbabwe to support international human rights at the commission while it disregarded the rights of its own people."

Not only has Zimbabwe violated "human rights" but Mugabe has allowed his cronies to seize "white-owned" wildlife parks and sanctuaries, including the world-famous "Sikumi Tree Lodge."

The lodge was once a showpiece of eco-tourism and was where the Queen had lunch during the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in 1991. Now it plays host to those willing to pay to shoot rare game.

Back at the UN, Zimbabwe's ambassador to the UN, Boniface Chidyausiku, said that when it came to human rights no country was beyond reproach.

Perhaps so, Mr. Ambassador. But some, including you, live in more fragile glass houses than the rest of us. Clear out the beam in your own eye, Mr. Chidyausiku, before you start pointing out the specks in everyone else's.