Support for and interest in IHEU's work for freedom of expression at the UN has come from many commentators, following the appalling events at the Human Rights Council on 16 June 2008. Among the news and web reports was a particularly well-argued piece by Robert Spencer in FrontPage magazine, "Free Speech Dies at the UN".

Other reports in recent days include:

Reuters: UN's Arbour opposes "taboos" in human rights body

CNSnews: Islamic Nations Want Divisive Issues on the Agenda at UN Racism Conference

The World Tonight with Rob Breakenridge

Radical Islamists' "Fair Share" of the Security Council - Joseph Klein, FrontPage Magazine

Jihad against the UN

"Islamophobia" and the UNHCR

UNHRC - No Criticism of Religion

Freedom of Religion Trumps Everything Else

Can Sharia Law be criticized?

The human what council?

UNHRC: Something is, indeed, rotten in the State of… the Council

Islamic states have their own version of the UN's Declaration of Human Rights