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No joke: UN Human Rights Council just adopted a resolution praising Venezuela.
SHAME on:
🇦🇴 Angola
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇨🇲 Cameroon
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇫🇯 Fiji
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇳🇵 Nepal
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇷🇼 Rwanda
🇿🇦 S Africa
🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇺🇾 Uruguay
SHAME on:
🇦🇴 Angola
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇨🇲 Cameroon
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇫🇯 Fiji
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇳🇵 Nepal
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇷🇼 Rwanda
🇿🇦 S Africa
🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇺🇾 Uruguay
@UNHumanRights This fake resolution—a bid to stifle a real investigation— was not only sponsored by the regimes of Algeria, Iran, Nicaragua, Turkey & PLO, but—as I discovered in the document properties—was actually written by Venezuela itself: the Maduro regime's #2 UNHRC rep, Félix Peña Ramos.
@UNHumanRights @ONUVEGinebra The resolution title—"Strengthening cooperation & technical assistance in the field of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela"—is an indicator that it's not about scrutiny for abuses. Rather, this text only seeks to forestall the real investigation we're demanding.
No joke: the U.N. Human Rights Council soon votes on a resolution on Venezuela's human rights record that was drafted by Venezuela itself—diplomat Félix Peña Ramos—and sponsored by Iran. The text praises the Maduro regime's efforts on human rights, and instead attacks the West.
#Iran is officially listed as the main sponsor of the resolution...
...but if you dig deeper into the document properties, you'll see that the author of the draft ("Strengthening cooperation and technical assistance in the field of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela") is one other than Venezuela's own official, Félix Peña Ramos.
1. RARE: UN expert reports on left-wing antisemitism. .@ahmedshaheed's new report "takes note of numerous reports of an increase in many countries of what is sometimes called ‘left-wing’ antisemitism, in which..."
Full Report: unwatch.org/rare-un-issues…
Full Report: unwatch.org/rare-un-issues…
@ahmedshaheed 2. "...individuals claiming to hold anti-racist & anti-imperialist views employ antisemitic narratives or tropes in the course of expressing anger at policies or practices of Israel. In some cases, individuals expressing such views have engaged in Holocaust denial..."
3. "in others, they have conflated Zionism, the self-determination movement of the Jewish people, with racism; claimed Israel does not have a right to exist; and accused those expressing concern over antisemitism as acting in bad faith..."
No joke: U.N. Human Rights Council rebukes #HongKong MP for speaking outside the "context of the agenda item" after she tells of police brutality against pro-democracy protesters, under the UNHRC's Agenda Item #3 on "Promotion & protection of all human rights, civil & political."
"Mr. President:
I am Tanya Chan, speaking as a Hong Kong legislator, activist and lawyer.
Hong Kong is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis, as police brutality against supporters of the democratic movement escalates..."
unwatch.org/un-rebukes-hon…
I am Tanya Chan, speaking as a Hong Kong legislator, activist and lawyer.
Hong Kong is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis, as police brutality against supporters of the democratic movement escalates..."
unwatch.org/un-rebukes-hon…
"Arrested protesters face physical abuse & humiliation by police. A female protester openly spoke of an unnecessary & degrading strip search she went through. More sexual abuse cases remain unreported. Detained protesters were denied timely access to medical & legal assistance."
1/ BREAKING: UN censors 100 human rights NGOs on Chinese abuses, bars publication of joint appeal for Uighur Muslims detained in camps.
In 15 years of filing UNHRC written submissions, this is the most heavy-handed UN censorship I have ever witnessed.
unwatch.org/un-censors-100…
In 15 years of filing UNHRC written submissions, this is the most heavy-handed UN censorship I have ever witnessed.
unwatch.org/un-censors-100…
2/ In a Geneva meeting yesterday with UNHRC President Coly Seck, his secretariat confirmed they are barring our complaint—filed by a cross-regional coalition of more than 100 UN-accredited NGOs—concerning China’s mass incarceration of Uighurs.
3/ Our joint civil society appeal on China's abuses was signed by 135 UN-accredited NGOs from Brazil, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Germany, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, UK, US & other countries.
.@AlinejadMasih: "Where is the global feminist movement? There are 10 women in prison in Iran just for removing this piece of cloth. They are fighting gender apartheid. Where is the feminist global movement? Why they don’t say anything? Why they don’t take action?" @CBCNews
@AlinejadMasih @CBCNews "Look, the G7 countries, when they sit and talk about nuclear, they have to talk about human rights in Iran as well. This government is taking their own people hostage and putting them in prison just for peacefully protesting against the Islamic Republic."
@AlinejadMasih: "And the female politicians around the world, they go to my beautiful country and they wear this hijab... They wear it, but they keep silent. They don’t even understand that removing this can cause the women inside Iran in prison. So, to me this is hypocrisy."
FIRST TIME: U.N. anti-racism committee issues report calling on Palestinian Authority to stop 'hate speech against Israelis that fuels antisemitism'
Palestinian rep blasts UN Watch for 'spreading lies & half-truths' in its briefings to 18-member UN panel
unwatch.org/breaking-un-ur…
Palestinian rep blasts UN Watch for 'spreading lies & half-truths' in its briefings to 18-member UN panel
unwatch.org/breaking-un-ur…
In an unprecedented UN criticism of the Palestinians, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (#CERD), a UN human rights treaty body, urged Ramallah to combat "hate speech against Israelis" which it found "fuels hatred" & "may incite violence" & "antisemitism."
The new report by the 18-member UN committee called on the Palestinians to "remove any derogatory comments and images from school curricula and textbooks that perpetuate prejudices and hatred."
In the review session, the UN experts used our materials: unwatch.org/brazilian-amba…
In the review session, the UN experts used our materials: unwatch.org/brazilian-amba…
1. Today we'll be posting internal documents of the New Zealand Foreign Ministry that show how diplomats whitewash UNRWA corruption & antisemitism, hiding key information (like this report: unwatch.org/130-page-repor…) from their own ministers & taxpayers. Obtained by @IsraelInstNZ:
@IsraelInstNZ @MFATgovtNZ @NZinEgypt @winstonpeters 2. In that internal email, @MFATgovtNZ on 24/1/2018 reported: "There is nothing in their assessment about alleged complicity with 'terrorism' acts or anti-Jewish bias in educational materials/teachings."
And now here's the evidence @MFATgovtNZ was hiding:
unwatch.org/wp-content/upl…
And now here's the evidence @MFATgovtNZ was hiding:
unwatch.org/wp-content/upl…
@IsraelInstNZ @MFATgovtNZ @NZinEgypt @winstonpeters 3. In this recent 5 June 2019 memo, seeking to justify a $1 million grant, NZ officials claim—based on no less than 9 sources of information—that "UNRWA performance and risk management approaches are satisfactory."
This was 6 months after the UN Ethics Report accused UNRWA of...
This was 6 months after the UN Ethics Report accused UNRWA of...
RARE: UN panel challenges Palestinian Authority.
“Several NGO reports pointed out antisemitic & anti-Israel prejudice & incitement to hatred, especially in Palestinian media and speeches of state officials. Can you provide any explanation in this regard?”
unwatch.org/un-racism-comm…
“Several NGO reports pointed out antisemitic & anti-Israel prejudice & incitement to hatred, especially in Palestinian media and speeches of state officials. Can you provide any explanation in this regard?”
unwatch.org/un-racism-comm…
UN expert A. E. Silva: "Expressing the wish to destroy Israel is a modern form of antisemitism. We received disturbing information of antisemitic content used in Palestinian schools. Please provide concrete examples of your removing such content."
LISTEN: conf.unog.ch/digitalrecordi…
LISTEN: conf.unog.ch/digitalrecordi…
"UN Watch legal adviser Dina Rovner told the committee the PA “perpetuates antisemitic stereotypes such as that Jews are greedy, part of a conspiracy to control the world, baby killers who poison Palestinians & steal their organs."
by @tovahlazaroff jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C…
by @tovahlazaroff jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C…
Swiss media reports UNRWA scandal: Geneva's Le Temps letemps.ch/monde/pierre-k… @luislema; Zurich's NZZ nzz.ch/schweiz/schwei… @FabianSchaefer1 @Surber_M_; & TV: rts.ch/info/suisse/10…; yet none mentioned Swiss government allegedly funded special post for UNRWA chief's mistress.
@luislema @FabianSchaefer1 @Surber_M_ "The position is funded by the Swiss government, but the cash-strapped agency was alleged to have paid for extensive business class travel for her, despite UN rules restricting such privileges."
wrmea.org/2019-august-se…
wrmea.org/2019-august-se…
@luislema @FabianSchaefer1 @Surber_M_ Perhaps someone will ask Jacqueline Birrer, Switzerland's Institutional Focal Point for UNRWA, to clarify why the Swiss taxpayers paid for UNRWA chief Pierre Krähenbühl to hire his mistress & fly her around the world, & why it was not disclosed here: eda.admin.ch/dam/countries/…
1/ Ken Roth is lying. America pulled out of the UN Human Rights Council (members include China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, and other champions), and it's absolutely not sending an ambassador to that body.
Roth is a serial liar about the UNHRC. Let's take a look.
Roth is a serial liar about the UNHRC. Let's take a look.
2/ On July 11, Roth said the UNHRC "condemned Venezuela." Lie. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
I was at the Sept. 2018 negotiations & urged a clear condemnation of Maduro. Instead, they refused to criticize the regime. "Condemn" appears nowhere in the resolution.
unwatch.org/un-adopts-wate…
I was at the Sept. 2018 negotiations & urged a clear condemnation of Maduro. Instead, they refused to criticize the regime. "Condemn" appears nowhere in the resolution.
unwatch.org/un-adopts-wate…
3/ In that same op-ed, Ken Roth says the UNHRC is "strong." Lie.
The truth is that the UNHRC gives the worst dictators a free pass.
Members include:
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇨🇩 DR Congo
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇨🇲 Cameroon
The truth is that the UNHRC gives the worst dictators a free pass.
Members include:
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇨🇩 DR Congo
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇨🇲 Cameroon
1/ AXIS OF SHAME—Nations @UN_HRC praising China's actions in Xinjiang, where 1M Muslims are detained:
Algeria
Angola
Bahrain
Belarus
Cuba
Egypt
Kuwait
Myanmar
Nigeria
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Tajikistan
Togo
UAE
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
+15
Algeria
Angola
Bahrain
Belarus
Cuba
Egypt
Kuwait
Myanmar
Nigeria
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Tajikistan
Togo
UAE
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
+15
2/ In total, 37 countries signed this letter to the UN:
"Faced with the grave challenge of terrorism and extremism, China has undertaken a series of counter-terrorism and de-radicalization measures in Xinjiang, including setting up vocational education and training centers..."
"Faced with the grave challenge of terrorism and extremism, China has undertaken a series of counter-terrorism and de-radicalization measures in Xinjiang, including setting up vocational education and training centers..."
3/ "The past three consecutive years has seen not a single terrorist attack in Xinjiang and people there enjoy a stronger sense of happiness, fulfillment and security...'
'Now safety and security has returned to Xinjiang."
'Now safety and security has returned to Xinjiang."
I just took the floor at the United Nations to ask why their Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women decided this year to investigate #Canada.
My speech: "Madam Rapporteur, we congratulate you on the 25th anniversary of this UN mandate, which has the significant power..."
My speech: "Madam Rapporteur, we congratulate you on the 25th anniversary of this UN mandate, which has the significant power..."
"...to put the most pressing situations of violence against women on the world agenda.
This year, out of all the countries in the world, you chose to investigate Canada. The previous year, it was Australia...."
This year, out of all the countries in the world, you chose to investigate Canada. The previous year, it was Australia...."
"We have three questions:
1. How do you choose which countries to examine? What is your methodology? Let me be clear: Violence against women exists everywhere and must be combated everywhere. But if one puts victims first, then, based on logic and morality..."
1. How do you choose which countries to examine? What is your methodology? Let me be clear: Violence against women exists everywhere and must be combated everywhere. But if one puts victims first, then, based on logic and morality..."
In 2005, notorious UNHRC official Jean Ziegler said Israel was making Gaza a "concentration camp."
When I protested, he claimed he meant other camps, not the Nazis.
But UN rights chief Arbour slammed him for "evoking Nazi Germany."
So did 70 Congressmen incl. @RepJerryNadler.
When I protested, he claimed he meant other camps, not the Nazis.
But UN rights chief Arbour slammed him for "evoking Nazi Germany."
So did 70 Congressmen incl. @RepJerryNadler.
Here's the internal UN draft of the letter I received from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, saying that Jean Ziegler's references to concentration camps were “evocative of Nazi Germany, and in my view, inflammatory.”
Our original complaint as received and annotated by the office of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
No joke: Venezuela’s brutal Maduro regime, accused of crimes against humanity, has just become President of the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament.
In 2012, the UN elected Venezuela's oppressive Chavez regime to its highest human rights body, the UNHRC.
We led a global protest with 40 MPs & human rights groups, but the UN ignored our pleas. The UN empowered, legitimized and glorified dictatorship. unwatch.org/40-mps-ngos-pr…
We led a global protest with 40 MPs & human rights groups, but the UN ignored our pleas. The UN empowered, legitimized and glorified dictatorship. unwatch.org/40-mps-ngos-pr…
In 2015, with Chavez dead & Maduro now in charge, the UN chose to re-elect the Venezuelan socialist regime to another 3-year term.
unwatch.org/venezuela-uae-…
unwatch.org/venezuela-uae-…
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae of Guelph, Ont.
#MemorialDay
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae of Guelph, Ont.
#MemorialDay
CONFIRMED: The Islamic Jihad admits their misfired rocket killed baby in Gaza this weekend.
@UNICEF implied it was Israel's fault, as I reported here:
@UNICEFchief Henrietta Fore is silent. Why does U.S. give UNICEF $132 million?
jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C…
@UNICEF implied it was Israel's fault, as I reported here:
@UNICEFchief Henrietta Fore is silent. Why does U.S. give UNICEF $132 million?
jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C…
Others, too, rushed to spread this modern-day blood libel to stoke the flames of hate against the Jews.
Falsely blaming Israel, @JeremyCorbyn's son Tommy Corbyn tweeted:
“The world needs to see this image...The world needs to get angry about this image.” thejc.com/news/uk-news/j…
Falsely blaming Israel, @JeremyCorbyn's son Tommy Corbyn tweeted:
“The world needs to see this image...The world needs to get angry about this image.” thejc.com/news/uk-news/j…
Mehdi Hasan, the always confident Al Jazeera presenter, lied.
Amnesty International, after their massive year-long campaign backing Hamas-led riots on Gaza border in name of "right to protest", calls in police to forcibly remove political refugees & hunger strikers protesting at their London HQ, activists allege.
RARE: Amnesty International campaigner accuses own organization of 'pretending to defend the right to protest' even as it calls in police for 'shameful' & 'violent attack' to 'suppress protesters' at the group's London headquarters.
Kurdish activists say Amnesty staff 'denied access to water, fresh air & toilet facilities' for hunger strikers.
French author & intellectual Philippe Val, former editor of Charlie Hebdo, addressed our Rally for Equal Rights at the United Nations on March 18, 2019. His speech:
"Good morning, friends; good morning, all. I see an Italian flag there, and I’m going to make this short..."
"Good morning, friends; good morning, all. I see an Italian flag there, and I’m going to make this short..."
...because there are a lot of speakers. I feel a deep dislike for the current Italian government; I believe I share that dislike with a great many European citizens. I think Italy is flirting with disaster.
Despite my disdain for the government, I continue to feel great love for my Italian friends, and for Italy herself, which, like all states that observe the rule of law, is like a second homeland for me.
UNHRC votes 23-8 for Pakistan-sponsored resolution endorsing absurd new report of inquiry into Gaza's "peaceful protests."
#BRAVO to those who voted NO:
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Bulgaria
Czech
Fiji
Hungary
Ukraine
#SHAME on #Spain & #Mexico for joining the jackals & voting YES.
#BRAVO to those who voted NO:
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Bulgaria
Czech
Fiji
Hungary
Ukraine
#SHAME on #Spain & #Mexico for joining the jackals & voting YES.
But didn't UK & Denmark pledge to oppose?
No, they carefully stated they'd oppose all resolutions under Item 7. In possible coordination with these countries, the Palestinians decided exceptionally to introduce the Gaza Inquiry resolution ('Accountability') under Agenda Item 2.
No, they carefully stated they'd oppose all resolutions under Item 7. In possible coordination with these countries, the Palestinians decided exceptionally to introduce the Gaza Inquiry resolution ('Accountability') under Agenda Item 2.
In 4 other anti-Israeli resolutions adopted today by the ignominious @UN_HRC, these text all introduced under the anti-Israeli Agenda Item 7, #Australia, #Denmark & #Britain voted NO on all. An important statement to the world that it's time to #EndItem7.
"I’m not condoning knife attacks. On the other hand, they all have a context."
—Chris Gunness, UNRWA spox, Oct. 30, 2015
—Chris Gunness, UNRWA spox, Oct. 30, 2015
Chris Gunness Greatest Hits, Vol. 1.
Aug. 27, 2015: "Interested to find out more about UN Watch's political & financial affiliations since its establishment. Can anyone advise? RT"
#GunnessGone
Aug. 27, 2015: "Interested to find out more about UN Watch's political & financial affiliations since its establishment. Can anyone advise? RT"
#GunnessGone
1. If you believe avowed Hamas supporter @JeremyCorbyn, the UN Human Rights Council's latest inquiry on Gaza was fair, objective and credible. Nothing could be further from the truth.
2. Let's begin by taking at a look at the UNHRC resolution that created and governed the inquiry, Resolution S-28/1. This founding text of the inquiry falsely characterized all of the Palestinians at the border fence as “civilians” and their activities as ”peaceful protests.”
3. The prejudicial resolution title itself presumptively referred to “civilian protests;” PP8 spoke of Israel’s “intentional targeting” of Palestinian “civilians”; OP1 referred to “peaceful protests”; OP3 cited “demonstrations” by “civilians” that are “peaceful.”
My speech in the United Nations Human Rights Council just now.
"Mr. President, moments ago this Council released a report against Israel, the first of 7 in this session that will target the only democracy in the Middle East. By contrast, out of 120 reports in this session.."
"Mr. President, moments ago this Council released a report against Israel, the first of 7 in this session that will target the only democracy in the Middle East. By contrast, out of 120 reports in this session.."
"...there is not one for the desperately hungry victims of Venezuela’s government, which is a dictatorship. And so I ask this Council: Do you truly believe in universality and non-selectivity, as promised in your founding charter?"
"In particular, I wish to ask you, Madam @HilalElver, about your mandate to fight hunger.
Why is it, that in the annual report you presented just now, out of 11,058 words, there is not one—not one word—for the millions of Venezuelans who can’t get enough to eat?"
Why is it, that in the annual report you presented just now, out of 11,058 words, there is not one—not one word—for the millions of Venezuelans who can’t get enough to eat?"
Counting down The Top Ten Worst UN Moments of 2018.
10. Report of Alfred de Zayas, first UN rights expert to visit #Venezuela, portrayed the Maduro regime as a victim—the West being the perpetrator—and failed to mention the term “political prisoners” once. unwatch.org/top-10-worst-u…
10. Report of Alfred de Zayas, first UN rights expert to visit #Venezuela, portrayed the Maduro regime as a victim—the West being the perpetrator—and failed to mention the term “political prisoners” once. unwatch.org/top-10-worst-u…
9. #Turkey’s Erdogan regime—which arrests, jails & persecutes human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents—was elected Vice-Chair of @UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, which oversees the activity of human rights activists at the UN. unwatch.org/top-10-worst-u…
8. The UN let #Cuba cheat on a mandatory review of its human rights record by submitting hundreds of fake NGO submissions hailing the repressive regime's human rights record—including submissions from the "Cuban Federation of Canine Sports" & the "Cuban Plastic Surgery Society."
