這肯定是聯合國最諷刺的新聞了！最踐踏人權的沙烏地阿拉伯正準備爭取成為聯合國人權委員會主席！

更諷刺的是，就在沙烏地阿拉伯國王作出上述宣布的前一天，沙地政府還在當地的報章刊登一則徵聘廣告，要招聘8名劊子手！

沙烏地阿拉伯去年全年處死了87個犯人，今年截至10月份，被處死的人犯已經高達85人；這些人都是因為觸犯了伊斯蘭刑事法而被判處死刑，其中包括在大街上執行死刑，當眾用石頭將他們砸死。

伊斯蘭刑事法被公認為一項過時的、違反人道主義的古老刑法；伊斯蘭刑事法的特點是保護特卻階級，由特權階級負責執行，專門對付平民百姓的不平等刑法。統治者不受伊刑法約束，他們可以任意吃喝嫖賭觸犯伊斯蘭教規都不會受到伊刑法對付；有錢人若觸犯伊刑法，也可以通過金錢和物資為自己贖罪，平民百姓沒有能力這麼做，就只有乖乖受刑。

伊刑法的處罰方式包括以石頭將犯人活活砸死；將犯人當眾斬首；當眾施加鞭刑；偷竊者會被砍手；被人輪姦的婦女也會在【勾引男人犯罪】的罪名底下被處死或無期徒刑加鞭刑。在沙地，女人開車也是一種犯罪行為；今年一月，一位著名的詩人由於寫詩歌諷刺沙地政府而被逮捕，並被判刑坐牢10年。人權在沙烏地阿拉伯就是個笑話。

如此一個毫不文明的國家，竟然宣布要競選擔任聯合國人權委員會主席，這不是最大的諷刺嗎？

聯合國人權委員會成員一共由47個國家代表組成，現任主席是德國，由於德國的任期將於今年12月31日結束，人權委會將在這個月稍後時開會以決定新任主席人選。如果沙烏地阿拉伯真的提名競選而又當選，不僅是聯合國人權委員會最大的諷刺，甚至可悲形容為【把人權委會丟進棺材裡，釘上最後一枚鐵釘】。

Saudi Arabia 'seeking to head United Nations Human Rights Council'

Reports of the bid come just days after Saudi Arabia posted a job advertisement for eight new executioners

Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to make a bid to head the United Nations' Human Rights Council, in a move that has been described as the "final nail in the coffin for the credibility" of the HRC.

Reports of the bid come just days after Saudi Arabia posted a job advertisement for eight new executioners. This year it has already put 85 people to death in what has been branded by Amnesty International a "macabre spike" from the 87 people it killed in total last year.

The country will move to assume lead control over the HRC after 2016 when the presidency is awarded to a new nation.

UN Watch, a non-profit human rights group that monitors the international body, disclosed Saudi Arabia’s intentions in a recent report and urged the United States to fight against it.

"We urge US Ambassador Samantha Power and EU foreign minister Federica Mogherini to denounce this despicable act of cynicism by a regime that beheads people in the town square, systematically oppresses women, Christians, and gays, and jails innocent bloggers like Raif Badawi for the crime of challenging the rulers』 radical brand of Wahabbist Islam," Neuer added.

"Electing Saudi Arabia as the world’s judge on human rights would be like making a pyromaniac as the town fire chief."

The move in 2013 to elect Saudi Arabia to the UN's 47-seat Human Rights Council drew condemnation from campaign groups over alleged systematic violations of the rights of its citizens.

Germany currently heads the HRC, but its term will conclude in 2016. Elections will be held in early December 2015 for the 2016 term, according to a UN official.

Rates of human trafficking are high in Saudi Arabia, and the kingdom is currently designated by the United States as a "country of particular concern" regarding religious persecution.

The country also has come under fire in recent months for sentencing blogger Raid Badawi to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for publishing essays that criticised the government.

In January authorities drew global condemnation after publicly beheading a woman in Islam’s holy city of Mecca.

A State Department official told the Free Beacon that "as far as we know there are not yet any announced candidates for the 2016 Human Rights Council presidency".

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