Comical. Eye on the UN has a new series of videos up exposing the dog and pony show at the UN Human Rights Council. It's time for the Universal Periodic Review of each state's Human Rights record. First up: Bahrain (a Kingdom). Arab and Islamic states took the floor one after the other to praise the Kingdom. Of the 36 speakers, 22 were members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The best is when the Algerian representative says it's best not "to get bogged down in detail."

Part 2 shows these states cutting off the critical NGO's from making an on the record statement. (Yes, this time we're on the side of the NGO's.) Here's Part 1: