July 23, 2021

15/ Her call on Iran to “release those detained for peaceful protest, to investigate reports of their ill-treatment” was made only in her general speech

14/ Her first comment appeared three months after initial reports and video evidence of government-backed paramilitary forces arbitrarily arresting, beating and killing protestors were released.

13/ As UN human rights chief, Pillay was terrible on Iran. She failed to issue any public statement in response to the well-documented violence against

12/ Then, on Dec. 9, 2010, Pillay dissembled further, saying she hadn't been invited to the Oslo ceremony at all. However, we knew that in

11/ When Liu Xiaobo was given the Nobel Peace Prize, Pillay gave in to Chinese pressure and declined an invitation to attend the Oslo ceremony,

10/ Pillay also turned a blind eye to human rights victims in Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mauritania, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,

9/ Pillay failed to criticize another 50 countries rated “partly free” and 63 countries rated “free.” Among the countries not criticized: Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain,

8/ Our 2008-10 study found Pillay turned a blind eye to the world’s worst abusers. She said 0 on human rights in 146 countries. She

7/ Pillay declared Israel’s blockade “inhumane and illegal.” (Later, the UN's Palmer report would find the opposite.) Pillay then said what she never did about

6/ Mere hours after the 2010 flotilla incident, before any facts were verified, she rushed to condemn Israel for “what appears to be disproportionate use

5/ We studied Pillay's statements between September 2008 & June 2010. She made nine statements on Israel, the only democracy in the region, but none