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Jan 25 โ€ข 5 tweets โ€ข 4 min read
Why does the U.N. Human Rights Council turn a blind eye to the worst abusers?

Because 68% of its members are non-democracies, including:
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba
๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan

I urged the ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ EU to oppose these candidates. They did 0.
I urged the EU to oppose China's candidacy to the UNHRC. They were silent. China got elected.
I urged the EU to oppose the Cuban dictatorship's candidacy to the UNHRC. They were silent. #Cuba got elected. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ#SOSCuba
I urged the EU to speak out against the candidacy of Putin's #Russia to the UNHRC.

The EU was silent.

Russia got elected.

. @EU_eeas, why didn't you oppose China, Russia & Cuba when they ran for UNHRC?
(We did: )

Why didn't you host dissidents like @yangjianli001 @RosaMariaPaya & @vkaramurza?
(We did: unwatch.org/dissidents-urgโ€ฆ)

Why didn't you take the floor @UN?
(We did: โฌ‡๏ธ)

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Jan 24
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ #China reviewed the human rights record of ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ #Syria. โ€œChina recognizes the efforts made by the Syrian government to maintain national unity, promote economic and social reconstruction, improve people's livelihood and combat terrorism.โ€
"China calls on the international community to respect Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity and the choice of the Syrian people. External interference, provocation of confrontation and imposition of sanctions will not solve the problem..."
"but will only bring deep suffering to the Syrian people. Unilateral coercive measures against Syria should be lifted immediately.

China offers four proposals to Syria. One is to continue to implement the Post-War National Development 2030 Strategic Plan."
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Jan 24
The human rights judgment of Norwayโ€™s FM Anniken Huitfeldt, who is today hosting the Taliban to discuss girlsโ€™ education and who last week addressed the UN Security Council about the Middle East without ever mentioning Iranโ€™s sponsorship of terror, is equal to her selfie skills.
If Oslo also awarded a Nobel Prize for Terror Appeasement & Worst Selfies in the World, sheโ€™d win.
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Jan 22
New York Times concocts dishonest, incoherent sentence to avoid recognizing the simple fact of anti-Israel bias at the U.N.

1. The U.N. last year adopted more resolutions targeting Israel than on Iran, Syria & North Korea combined. Bias here isn't a "perception" but a fact. /... Image
2. Dishonest because even if they refuse to report bias as a fact, and will only tell us what "Israelis perceive," then get it right: Israelis perceive that the U.N. is biased against Israel and Jews, in favor of terrorists and dictators; not "for Palestinian aspirations." /...
3. Incoherent sentence because if the first part reports as a fact that diplomatic victories for Israel are unusual, then it makes no sense to elaborate on and support this fact in the second part with a mere "Israeli perception." /... Image
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Jan 15
1/ The last time anyone introduced a UNHRC censure of ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China was 2004. The sponsor was ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA. Beijing moved "no action" & killed the resolution by a 28-16 vote.

The Economist reports US may bring it againโ€”but fears losing the vote could embolden China.
economist.com/china/2022/01/โ€ฆ
2/ I strongly urge @USMissionGeneva to introduce a resolution on human rights in China. This would place Beijing's gross and systematic abuses on the international agenda. If the text wins more than 16 votes, that's progress compared to the 2004 vote (โฌ‡๏ธ).

China would hate it.
3/ For too long now, the US & EU have avoided introducing resolutions on countries unless they're sure of victory.

This is a wrong approach. It undermines the potential of the UN as a forum to achieve international exposure of a targeted regime and its human rights abuses.
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Jan 15
Congratulations to ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya, which runs slave markets that auction black African migrants, on now becoming Vice-President of the United Nations Human Rights Council. edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2โ€ฆ
Source:
I wish that the leaders of massive NGOs like Amnesty International's @AgnesCallamard and Human Rights Watch's @KenRoth would oppose the corruption of the the U.N. human rights system.

But that system grants them privileged access and influence, and in exchange they keep silent.
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Jan 12
Argentina condemns presence in Nicaragua of Iranian Vice President Mohsen Rezai, former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. He's wanted by Interpol for the 1994 terrorist attack that killed 85 people and injured 151 at the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires.
In Nicaragua for the inauguration of dictator Daniel Ortega, Iran VP Mohsen Rezai met with Cuban regime president Miguel Dรญaz-Canel. They discussed "the need to strengthen Tehran-Havana relations in order to thwart the enemies' sanctions and conspiracies against the nations."
"Iran respects the Cuban people and their resistance against the oppressorsโ€™ excessive demands, and is determined to strengthen relations with Cuba," said Rezai.

For his part, Diaz-Canel said "Cuba supports Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy." tasnimnews.com/en/news/2022/0โ€ฆ
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