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In UN briefing Inner City Press is banned from, by
@UN_Spokesperson @StephDujarric (back from Greece) he's gotten its Qs by email, incl if UNGA require vax proof or canceled, Cuomo whistleblowers, Tigray, #Nigeria #Cameroon #Burma #Haiti UN rapes. Thread below
Inner City Press has asked in writing, "Amid reports that NYC will require proof of vax for indoor events, =\with enforcement mid-Sept, & in light of UN saying "honor system" in person #UNGA high level week Sept 21, will that be canceled or proof of vax required?
Banned Inner City Press asked: "What are SG @AntonioGuterres' comments if any on the findings of sexual harassment and retaliation by NYS Government Cuomo? And why has Guterres covered up for Hochschild, and retaliated incl against Press reporting on Hochschild?
Banned Inner City Press asked, "On Sudan and Tigray, what are SG @AntonioGuterres' comments and actions if any on that some of the unidentified bodies found on a Sudanese riverbank are from the neighboring Ethiopian region of Tigray?
Inner City Press asked in writing, again: "On UN retaliating against whistleblowers, what is SG Guterres' response to statements by Emma Reilly on steps taken to fire her, with UN claiming whether names of Uighur dissidents were given to China is irrelevant?
Banned Inner City Press asked, again, "What is the response of SG @AntonioGuterres' / USG @MelissaFleming and others in UN to the law firm letter sent to them regarding ending Press censorship? innercitypress.com/uncensorship1l…
Banned Inner City Press asked, "On Nigeria, what are the comments and actions if any of @AntonioGuterres & @AminaJMohammed on IPOB's legal claim that providing aircraft to the Nigerian government is, legally, assisting genocide?" Still no answer...
Banned Inner City Press asked, again, "On Myanmar, what are @AntonioGuterres' responses and actions if any to the critique and recommendations of, among others, CPJ? See,
Now @UN_Spokesperson @StephDujarric has ended his noon briefing without answering any of Inner City Press' Qs(on #Nigeria #Burma, UN sexual harassment and retaliation and "honor system" UNGA week)- he got each question by Email, as did @MelissaFleming. Story soon.

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