Thread by @HillelNeuer

Emotional UNHRC rep @NilsMelzer threatens to undermine trust in the United Nations.

Images he shows are old—from March 2021—and the officers are already being prosecuted.

He shared alt-right sources with 0 verification.

I told him this last night.
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https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1478168072418738177

https://twitter.com/NilsMelzer/status/1478135026193768449

Note:

1. UNHRC "expert" @nilsmelzer shared a tweet from @visegrad24, even though it's a pro-Viktor Orban propaganda account that openly promotes racism like this tweet opposing "mixed-ethnicity" societies.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1308136023017357312

2. The video— presenting images from The Hague in March as if it were news from Amsterdam this week—is from @Konfederacja_, a Polish anti-gay, antisemitic party.

What kind of UN expert launches an official tirade—tagging @DutchMFA—with zero verification?

https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1478170455081201667

In light of the above shocking irresponsible actions— sharing misleading information from racist groups—UN Watch calls on @NilsMelzer to resign.

We also call on UNHRC Chair @FVillegasARG—and @UN_SPExperts Coordination Committee Chair @victor_madrigal—to reprimand Mr. Melzer.

Emotional tweets attacking me fail to get that 2 things can be true:

1. Police brutality in Amsterdam this week or last year in The Hague must be condemned.

2. UN expert Melzer inexcusably conflated both & tweeted a video about which he knew nothing, posted by racist accounts.

One should also assume that many of the accounts pronouncing on this issue are in fact Russian trolls designed to generate strife in the Netherlands and other Western countries.

Note:

1. I know police brutality in March in The Hague was real. I tweeted this report: nltimes.nl/2021/12/17/two…

2. It's fine for a UN expert to criticize Dutch police brutality.

3. My criticism of Melzer is about all that he did wrong on this one tweet:

https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1478168072418738177