[Reuters] Robert Evans - International activist groups accused the UN Human Rights Council on Monday of acting as a cover for Islamic and other countries aiming to restrict free speech after the Council passed resolutions which NGOs said bowed too far to concerns about defamation of Islam. "All of the Council's decisions are nowadays determined by the interests of Muslim countries or powerful states such as China or Russia that know how to surround themselves with allies," the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said. The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) said the Council "stands exposed as no longer capable of fulfilling its central role: the promotion and protection of human rights."
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