Erdoğan Accepts "Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights"

[Spiraling Leopard]

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2011/02/erdogan-accepts-al-gaddafi-international-prize

The slogan of the "Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights" is "As the sun shines for everyone, freedom is a right for everyone." Lovely, no, especially at a moment when Qaddafi's war planes are raining down death and destruction on his own subject people and when foreign mercenaries are brutalizing the population?

The prize description includes such gems as these:

    * "The prize is awarded every year to one of the international personalities, bodies or organizations that have distinctively contributed to rendering an outstanding human service and has achieved great actions in defending Human rights, protecting the causes of freedom and supporting peace everywhere in the world."
    * "The Prize categorically believes that freedom is an indivisible natural right for Man ; it is not a gift or grace from anybody, and that safeguarding it is a general human responsibility."

Past recipients of the prize have included Nelson Mandela (1989), The Red Indians (1991), Louis Farrakhan (1996), Fidel Castro (1998), Hugo Chavez (2004).

But it's the current recipient who is the most interesting: none other than the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He accepted the prize in Tripoli, Libya, on Dec. 1, 2010, for his "distinguished service to humanity." In his acceptance speech, Erdoğan said that the award will further encourage him to fight for human rights and that "Islamophobia" is a crime against humanity.

The report on this event in the pro-Erdoğan Zaman newspaper goes on:

    [Erdoğan] reiterated that Turkey will not remain silent on the killing of nine innocent people by Israel in the Mediterranean, which he described as a sea of "friendship and brotherhood." The Turkish prime minister added that he will continue to protect the rights of people in the Middle East and all around the world. …"The only thing we want in our region and in the globe is peace and justice."

After receiving the award, Erdoğan reported on his meeting with Qaddafi, indicating that ties between the two countries are growing.

Comment: Accepting "Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights" three months ago says all one needs to know about Erdoğan. (February 26, 2011)

[Kerber]

Gaddafi gave an interview exclusively for one Serbian television. He said that the rebels were mainly young people, under the influence of drugs and that they are connected with Al-Qaeda.

He said that a certain Arab television was in touch with one Serbian officer - military pilot called Daniel. He said the TV asked the pilot to lie publicly that Gaddafi requested Serbian military airplanes to fire on the rebels, and he would be granted a lot of money. AS he said, the pilot refused.

Also he said he will never allow of creating an emirate on Lybian soil.

He talked about UN and western media. He said that it's completely insane that UN are making a conclusions based on the lying media reports with out any kind of investigation.

[Kerber]

Here's an interesting Russian report:   http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/crimes/24-02-2011/116999-Libya_the_rest_of_the_story-0/