Trending UN Watch tweets from June: China lashes out at UN Watch for exposing its repression of Uighur Muslims; rogue regimes dominate UN’s top human rights body; UN turns 75 years old; Turkey’s representative elected President of the U.N. General Assembly.
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China Lashes out at U.N. Watch on Exposing Repression of Uighurs
When I told the United Nations that Chinese Muslim Uighur lives matter, your regime's delegates banged on the table and tried to shut me down https://t.co/txzLkBSDLk pic.twitter.com/BqCOqXtwQg
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 3, 2020
China lashed out at me at the United Nations today for "abusing human rights" after I asked why a regime that locks up 1 million Muslims, and crushed those who tried to sound the alarm of the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, was put on the UN panel that vets human rights monitors. pic.twitter.com/lPaa1CcdG7
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 18, 2020
China’s Culture of Corruption at the U.N.
๐จ๐ณ 31 YEARS AGO: Chinaโs first lady Peng Liyuan serenades rifle-toting troops fresh from a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in the 1989 #TiananmenSquareMassacre.
๐บ๐ณ TODAY: She's a World Health Organization "Goodwill Ambassador." https://t.co/oLADUc0Bzh
Why, @DrTedros? pic.twitter.com/yknNrkTBn2
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 4, 2020
๐จ๐ณ China just joined the U.N. Human Rights Council panel that selects the world monitor on freedom of speech. Have a nice day. https://t.co/0uZGS2ioqi
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 15, 2020
U.N. Human Rights Council Gives Iran a Pass on “Honor” Killing
๐ฎ๐ท 14-year-old girl in Iran beheaded by own father after he first confirmed with a lawyer that under Iranian law he'd get off lightly. 30% of murders in Iran are "honor" killings of women.
๐บ๐ณ UNHRC reaction:
0 inquiries
0 resolutions
0 urgent sessionshttps://t.co/1Xs4NFA0Rv— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 7, 2020
Tyrannies Dominate U.N. Human Rights Council
NOT on the U.N. Human Rights Council:
๐บ๐ธ U.S.
๐ฌ๐ง Britain
๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana
๐ณ๐ด Norway
๐จ๐ฆ Canada
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore
๐จ๐ท Costa RicaON the U.N. Human Rights Council:
๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh
๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania
๐ป๐ช Venezuela
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
๐ธ๐ด Somalia
๐ช๐ท Eritrea
๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan
๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar
๐ฑ๐พ LibyaHave a nice day.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 7, 2020
These countries' laws call to kill gays:
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan
๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
๐ธ๐ด Somalia
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan
๐ถ๐ฆ QatarThese countries sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council:
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan
๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
๐ธ๐ด Somalia
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan
๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar#PrideMonth #UNHRC— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 11, 2020
Anti-Racism Protesters in Paris Incite Racism
https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1271939980286472197
Hypocrisy, Selectivity, Politicization Rife at 43rd Session of U.N. Human Rights Council
BREAKING: @UN_HRC to hold Urgent Debate on โthe current racially inspired human rights violations, systemic racism, police brutality & violence against peaceful protests."
Burkina Faso for African Group made the request.
Behind him is Mauritania, which has 500,000 black slaves. pic.twitter.com/j68xs6EXv3
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 15, 2020
No joke: ๐ฐ๐ต North Korea and ๐ฎ๐ท Iran take the floor at U.N. Human Rights Council to condemn ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel for violating human rights & international law.
Every UNHRC meeting has a special agenda item to condemn Israel. No other country in the world is singled out in this fashion. pic.twitter.com/7Ci0rQV77L
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 15, 2020
The U.N. Human Rights Council's planned resolutions this week:
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea 1
๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe 0
๐ป๐ช Venezuela 0
๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar 1
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan 0
๐ธ๐ด Somalia 0
๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria 0
๐น๐ท Turkey 0
๐ท๐บ Russia 0
๐จ๐ณ China 0
๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar 0
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel 5
๐ธ๐พ Syria 1
๐ฎ๐ท Iran 1
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq 0
๐บ๐ธ US 1Have a nice day.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 16, 2020
The U.N. Turns 75
75 years ago today, the UN Charter was born, promising fundamental human rights for all.
Now:
๐ป๐ช Venezuela sits on the UN Human Rights Council.
๐จ๐ณ China sits on the UN committee for human rights NGOs.
๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia sits on the UN Womenโs Rights Commission.Have a nice day. pic.twitter.com/DZ5y7trS6d
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 25, 2020
Turkey to Head U.N. General Assembly
No joke:
๐น๐ท Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoฤan purged 18,000 civil servants, fired 4,000 judges, tortures journalists, occupies northern Syria & denies water to its Kurds.
๐บ๐ณ The U.N. just elected Turkey's representative as next President of its General Assembly. pic.twitter.com/rnVkQ9kqD3
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 18, 2020
๐น๐ท Turkey occupies north Syria, ethnic cleansing of Kurds
๐น๐ท Turkey bombs Iraq's Sinjar, haven for refugees, women, girls freed from ISIS
๐น๐ท Turkey fuels war in Libya, arming extremists who fought for ISIS
โฌ๏ธ
๐บ๐ณ U.N. just elected Turkey's rep as President of the General Assembly— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 28, 2020
