All’s Well Back Home, Time To Investigate Evil America

[Reuters, Geneva, May 16, 2008] A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

The United Nations said Doudou Diene would meet federal and local officials, as well as lawmakers and judicial authorities during the May 19-June 6 visit.

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Diene, a Senegalese lawyer who has served in the independent post since 2002, will report his findings to the U.N. Human Rights Council next year.

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[BBC, Senegal, May 9, 2008] The Senegalese army has launched an offensive against rebels in the southern Casamance region, after 16 villagers had their left ears cut off.