Freedom of Expression - A Fundamental Human Right

It's now almost official.  The UN Human Rights Committee issued a document that strongly condemns blasphemy laws:

it would be impermissible for any such laws [blasphemy laws] to discriminate in favour of or against one or certain religions or belief systems, or their adherents over another, or religious believers over non-believers.

 Kudos to Center for Inquiry for helping the committee, as an NGO consultant to UN, come up with this, the committee's first since 1983, document on the issue of freedom of expression.  You can read more about this on their blog.