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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."
I stood next to a Hezbollah terror tunnel: a flagrant violation of UNSCR 1701, threat to peace under UN Charter & a double war crime as it was dug from under a home—to use Lebanese civilians as human shields—and deep into Israel to kidnap and murder Israeli citizens. Will UN act?
At its special meeting tomorrow, the UN Security Council must send a strong message by condemning these flagrant violations of their own Resolution 1701, and by demanding that the government of Lebanon—and the world body’s own UNIFIL forces—implement its requirements immediately.
Opening the hatch reveals a Hezbollah terror tunnel dug 150 feet below hard rock. This was a massive, multi-million dollar war project financed and masterminded by the Islamic Republic of Iran — even as innocent and hard-working people of Iran struggle to feed their families.
Last year, UN Human Rights Council "Special Rapporteur" Philip Alston investigated America's failed social justice system, and now he's examining Britain. Meanwhile, the only UNHRC Special Rapporteurs who've reported on Cuba & Venezuela, praised their social justice systems.
They may point to real problems, but it's clear these UNHRC experts seek to impose their own far-left economic policies by declaring that these are obligations of international human rights law. But in real life, millions have fled the countries that they hold up as models.
Here's how the system works:
1. Tyrannies go along in creating UN mandates to attack the West.
2. Social justice groups critical of the West feed their reports to the UN monitors & invite them to visit.
3. Tyrannies & social justice warriors both win; world's worst victims lose.
1. Tyrannies go along in creating UN mandates to attack the West.
2. Social justice groups critical of the West feed their reports to the UN monitors & invite them to visit.
3. Tyrannies & social justice warriors both win; world's worst victims lose.
.@blanchardCanada Yes, Ambassador, but from teachers who glorify Hitler and Jihadist terrorism. unwatch.org/canada-unrwa-e…
UN Watch is deeply concerned that Canada would fund schools that knowingly employ exponents of racism and terrorism. For its own students, Canada removes teachers of hate from the classroom, prosecuting some for promoting hatred; Palestinian children deserve no less protection.
In 2017, we sent this letter to Prime Minister Trudeau urging Canada to stop funding UNRWA teachers' systemic antisemitism; he never bothered to reply. We wrote to your colleagues in the Canadian foreign ministry; no reply. Apologies are nice, but actions speak louder than words.
First time in a decade: UN to debate condemnation of #Cuba's human rights abuses, in 8 amendments presented by USA. Here are the 8 reasons why Cuban human rights activists love @NikkiHaley:
1. "Expressing serious concern over Cuba's complete absence of judicial independence..."
1. "Expressing serious concern over Cuba's complete absence of judicial independence..."
2. "Expressing serious concern that in Cuba the absence of women from the most
powerful decision-making bodies severely undermines the [UN's declared goal] to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by countering deeply rooted gender-based discrimination..."
powerful decision-making bodies severely undermines the [UN's declared goal] to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by countering deeply rooted gender-based discrimination..."
3. "Expressing serious concern that in Cuba [there is a] trade union monopoly of the
Central Union of Cuban Workers, a prohibition on the right to strike, restrictions on collective bargaining and agreements..."
Central Union of Cuban Workers, a prohibition on the right to strike, restrictions on collective bargaining and agreements..."
Current 2018 members of UN Human Rights Council include:
•Iraq
•Cuba
•China
•Qatar
•Angola
•Burundi
•Pakistan
•Venezuela
•DR Congo
•Afghanistan
•Saudi Arabia
•United Arab Emirates
•Iraq
•Cuba
•China
•Qatar
•Angola
•Burundi
•Pakistan
•Venezuela
•DR Congo
•Afghanistan
•Saudi Arabia
•United Arab Emirates
New members to be elected on Oct. 12 to UN Human Rights Council include:
• Eritrea
• Bahrain
• Somalia
• Cameroon
• Philippines
• Bangladesh
• Eritrea
• Bahrain
• Somalia
• Cameroon
• Philippines
• Bangladesh
“Countries with poor human rights records like Saudi Arabia will never have a seat on the council again.”
—Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch, 2006
—Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch, 2006
UNRWA foreign staff flee Gaza to Israel after Hamas allows protests, death threats. Yet not 1 word criticizing Hamas from @UNRWA, its chief @PKraehenbuehl, spokespersons @ChrisGunness & @Fernande_VT or Gaza chief @matzschmale. But they attack Israel daily. haaretz.com/middle-east-ne…
These international UNRWA managers knowingly employ teachers who praise Hitler & preach anti-Semitism & terrorism. I sent @matzschmale our info & he denied everything. Now they are literally running to Israel—from their own Gaza employees—to save their own lives. EU funds this.
• UN Watch's 130-page report detailing UNRWA teachers' systematic incitement to Jihadist terrorism and antisemitism: unwatch.org/wp-content/upl…
• EU & its member states fund UNRWA but won't say if they demanded UNRWA fire any of these racists
• Full video:
• EU & its member states fund UNRWA but won't say if they demanded UNRWA fire any of these racists
• Full video:
BREAKING: After Jeremy Corbyn refuses four times on Channel 4 interview to answer whether he regrets taking money from the Iranian TV station that aired filmmaker Maziar Bahari’s forced confessions under torture, Bahari calls on Corbyn to finally confront his past and apologize.
Bahari, whose labor activist father suffered years in the Shah’s jails, wonders why Labor’s Corbyn is close to Iran’s Islamic regime, “one of the most anti-union governments in the world. Unions are almost outlawed and union activists are regularly arrested and tortured in Iran.”
Bahari, who supports many policies of the Labour Party, says it “should keep a distance from the Iranian government and its propaganda channels.”
.@UN_HRC Why did you invite discredited William Schabas to address the UN when on grounds of conflict of interest in 2015 he was ignominiously forced to resign from your Gaza inquiry after it was revealed he had failed to disclose his paid legal work for the PLO?
#HRC39 #ethics
#HRC39 #ethics
In his pathetic resignation letter, Schabas explained that he never bothered to disclose his paid legal work for the PLO because....no one ever asked him. "I was not requested to detail my past activities concerning Palestine..."
To his credit, UNHRC President Joachim Ruecker established the principle that UN appointees should avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Only after Amb. Ruecker formally requested a legal opinion from UN Headquarters in New York did Schabas resign.
Dutch ambassador to the UN @KvanOosterom speaks of "crucial ICC" yet is top cheerleader of Venezuela's war criminals. See his many propaganda tweets for Maduro regime: twitter.com/search?q=from%…
Get Off Of My Cloud: #Iran's General Gholam Reza Jalali says 'Israel and another country in the region have joint teams to ensure clouds entering Iranian skies are unable to release rain. On top of that, we are facing the issue of cloud and snow theft.' isna.ir/news/970411060…
I'm here @UN European Headquarters in Geneva hosting Russian democracy dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza as he addresses the press corps after his powerful testimony before the Human Rights Council for the freedom of political prisoner Alexei Pichugin. unwatch.org/russian-democr…
"My name is Vladimir Kara-Murza, I am a Russian democracy activist, and I am honored to address the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of UN Watch."
"Last month marked 15 years since the arrest of Alexei Pichugin, an executive at Russia’s Yukos oil company. His arrest launched the campaign by Vladimir Putin’s government against Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky who dared to speak out against corruption & support civil society."
We're about to release a 60-page report documenting 10 years of staggering, system-wide @UN inaction on antisemitism. This oped ignores that. It rightly praises @AntonioGuterres for deleting a biased report, yet shortchanges @NikkiHaley who made him do it. wsj.com/articles/a-rig…
We are not told, for example, about how CERD, the UN treaty body on racism, has never once addressed the virulent and murderous incitement to antisemitism rampant in Arab and Muslim countries.
When this body of UN racism experts reviewed France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Sweden & Turkey, they rarely if ever addressed the scourge of antisemitism, including deadly attacks against Jewish schools and synagogues.
I mourn the loss of Charles Krauthammer. I was from a young age a great admirer of the singular wisdom and style of his columns. He took a stand. I met him by chance, at the Supreme Court of Israel, and my hero proved magnanimous, friendly and kind. RIP. nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opi…
For me, as an aspiring writer on politics, fellow Montrealer and McGill graduate Dr. Charles Krauthammer was the ultimate role model I could look up to. (Below: Krauthammer elected Editor in Chief of Mcgill Daily, Sept. 25, 1969. "He has no journalistic experience whatever.")
“I had not the faintest idea or expectation of becoming a writer... My first published article was a short, pompous editorial in the McGill Daily titled 'End of the Monolith.' I got to write the equally pompous headline because I happened to be my own editor.”
@amnesty .@amnesty Thanks for asking. Though we believe in staying in the ring to fight the bigots, here you go:
1. Members of the UNHRC include China, Cuba, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Egypt, Iraq, UAE, DR Congo & other thieves, murderers & rapists.
unwatch.org/un-watch-conde…
1. Members of the UNHRC include China, Cuba, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Egypt, Iraq, UAE, DR Congo & other thieves, murderers & rapists.
unwatch.org/un-watch-conde…
@amnesty 2. @UNHumanRights Council rep Alfred de Zayas, ex-Secretary of the UN Human Rights Committee, praised Venezuela & posted propaganda photos to deny mass hunger caused by the regime’s failed policies—even as hospitals there are filled with starving children. unwatch.org/u-n-experts-ve…
@amnesty @UNHumanRights 3. The UNHRC appointed Idriss Jazairy—who as Algerian ambassador infamously drafted a Code of Conduct to muzzle UN human rights experts—as a UN human rights expert. His reports describe the regimes of Russia, Sudan & Syria as victims of Western sanctions. unwatch.org/genocidal-suda…
.@GardinerHarris As I often clash with Iran & North Korea in the UNHRC, I can assure you this line is false: "The U.S. now joins Iran, North Korea and Eritrea as the only countries that refuse to participate in the council’s meetings and deliberations." nytimes.com/2018/06/19/us/…
U.S. is indeed first country to ever voluntarily give up a seat on UNHRC but this has nothing to do with the others you mentioned, and I don't know who told you that Iran "refuses to participate in council meetings." They speak every day. Like today: unog.ch/unog/website/n…
And I don't know who told you that North Korea "refuses to participate in council meetings." They speak all the time, they interrupt me, and insult the North Korean defectors whom we bring to testify. They participated today: unog.ch/unog/website/n…
1. One name sums up the UN Human Rights Council: Jean Ziegler. The longest-serving expert, he created the Qaddafi Human Rights Prize & won it himself.
2. Sadly, UNHRC affect hearts & minds.
3. U.S. should send a Nikki Haley clone to speak truth to power.
edition.cnn.com/2018/06/19/pol…
2. Sadly, UNHRC affect hearts & minds.
3. U.S. should send a Nikki Haley clone to speak truth to power.
edition.cnn.com/2018/06/19/pol…
UN Human Rights Council Condemnations, 2006-16:
Israel 68
Syria 20
Burma 11
North Korea 9
Belarus 6
Iran 6
Eritrea 5
Sudan 3
Sri Lanka 3
Libya 2
Burundi 1
Honduras 1
Algeria 0
China 0
Iraq 0
Pakistan 0
Russia 0
Somalia 0
Turkey 0
Venezuela 0
Vietnam 0
Yemen 0
Zimbabwe 0
#hrc38
Israel 68
Syria 20
Burma 11
North Korea 9
Belarus 6
Iran 6
Eritrea 5
Sudan 3
Sri Lanka 3
Libya 2
Burundi 1
Honduras 1
Algeria 0
China 0
Iraq 0
Pakistan 0
Russia 0
Somalia 0
Turkey 0
Venezuela 0
Vietnam 0
Yemen 0
Zimbabwe 0
#hrc38
Hamas 0
Islamic Jihad 0
Palestinian Authority 0
Islamic Jihad 0
Palestinian Authority 0
Morris Abram, legendary U.S. civil rights lawyer, Jewish leader, and founder of UN Watch, would have turned 100 today. His epitaph reads: "He established 'one man, one vote' as a principle of American law." A tribute: unwatch.org/founder-morris…
Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.: “Morris Abram, from the time he arrived in Atlanta in 1948, was in the forefront of the public battle against racial discrimination.”
(Letter to Senators endorsing President Ronald Reagan’s nomination of Abram for the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.)
(Letter to Senators endorsing President Ronald Reagan’s nomination of Abram for the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.)
On March 18, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Abram’s client James Sanders, establishing the constitutional principle of “one man, one vote.” Atlanta Judge Jeptha Tankersley: “People will come to realize you have done a great service for the people of this State.”
Palestinian rep just gave speech @UN_HRC on "right to participate in peaceful protests" days after their riot police crushed huge protest in Ramallah, beating dozens of protesters including young women, arresting wounded from the hospital, smashing phones & journalist cameras.
"Members of the Palestinian security forces, dressed in civilian clothes, knocked her to the ground, as two policemen joined in and began kicking the bleeding, terrified woman." facebook.com/QudsN/videos/2…
"I have been to many protests over the years, including ones where live gunfire was used against protesters. But I had never felt fear like that which I felt on Wednesday in Ramallah." 972mag.com/the-night-the-…
Today's @UN meeting will totally reject this @nikkihaley text: "Condemns Hamas for repeatedly firing rockets into Israel & for inciting violence along the boundary fence, thereby putting civilians at risk, demands that Hamas cease all violent activity and provocative actions..."
"...further condemns the diversion of resources in Gaza to construct military infrastructure, including tunnels to infiltrate Israel and equipment to launch rockets into civilian areas, when such resources could have addressed the critical needs of the civilian population..."
"...and expresses grave concern about the destruction of the Kerem Shalom crossing by actors in Gaza, which has severely hindered deliveries of food and fuel for the people of Gaza."
Our UN leaders:
🇸🇾 Syria is now Chair of @UN_Disarmament for chemical & nuclear weapons
🇮🇷 Iran's on @UN_Women
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia's on @UN_HRC & @UN_CSW (women's rights)
🇹🇷 Turkey's on UN Cttee on NGOs
🇱🇾 Qaddafi Prize founder Jean Ziegler on @UNHumanRights Advisory Cttee
🇸🇾 Syria is now Chair of @UN_Disarmament for chemical & nuclear weapons
🇮🇷 Iran's on @UN_Women
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia's on @UN_HRC & @UN_CSW (women's rights)
🇹🇷 Turkey's on UN Cttee on NGOs
🇱🇾 Qaddafi Prize founder Jean Ziegler on @UNHumanRights Advisory Cttee
Syria:
Please don't speak about the 6 million Jews murdered by Hitler when you embrace his heirs—the terrorist groups Hamas & Hezbollah who openly advocate genocide against Israel's 6.5 million Jews—as your "friends" who seek "social justice" & "peace". Reminder:
.@jeremycorbyn: "Tomorrow evening it will be my pleasure and my honour to host an event in parliament where our friends from Hezbollah will be speaking. I have also invited friends from Hamas to come and speak as well..."
"Unfortunately, the Israelis would not allow them to travel here, so it is going to be only friends from Hezbollah. So far as I am concerned, that is absolutely the right function of using parliamentary facilities, to invite people from other parts of the world so that we can..."
Member 1: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Expertise in human rights: suppression of opposition; torture; arbitrary arrests; civil war; extrajudicial killings; massacres by government forces; violence against women; child soldiers.
Expertise in human rights: suppression of opposition; torture; arbitrary arrests; civil war; extrajudicial killings; massacres by government forces; violence against women; child soldiers.
Member 2: #Qatar
Expertise in human rights: Exploitation & abuse of 2 million migrant workers; no political parties; women subjected to discrimination, denied basic rights to equality; finances terrorism by ISIS & Hamas.
Expertise in human rights: Exploitation & abuse of 2 million migrant workers; no political parties; women subjected to discrimination, denied basic rights to equality; finances terrorism by ISIS & Hamas.
Of my 42,000 followers here, hundreds are UN officials, ambassadors & NGO activists. As we begin Day 5 of #IranProtests, are any of you aware of a single United Nations entity or official who has spoken out for the human rights of protesters arrested, beaten, tear-gassed & shot?
1. Most deafening silence: U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid al-Hussein, the Jordanian prince who jumps to condemn Israel & U.S. His refusal to say one word for #Iran's victims violates his duty to protect civil and political rights for all. un.org/documents/ga/r… 
2. Silent also: UNHRC's 44 thematic human rights investigators. Why no urgent statements on abuses in #IranProtests from experts on arbitrary detention, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, torture? Their names: spinternet.ohchr.org/_Layouts/Speci…
Why does this office need $360 million?
Why does this office need $360 million?
