Egypt
30 rights groups urge Egypt to release jailed blogger Maikel Nabil
PRESS RELEASE APPEAL SENT TO TOP UN OFFICIALS & EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT GENEVA, Dec. 29 – The fate of Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil hangs in the
December 29, 2011
B. Secondary Categories
Burma (Myanmar)
Issue 332: UN Watch Condemns Iran, Pakistan and Burma at UN Minority Forum on Women’s Rights
Following is UN Watch’s testimony before the recent session on women’s rights of the Forum on Minority Issues of the UN Human Rights Council, under the agenda item
December 27, 2011
Antisemitism
Issue 331: UNESCO funded pro-Hitler Palestinian magazine
UN Watch demanding full investigation The U.N.’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization funded a Palestinian children’s magazine that published an article praising the Nazi genocide
December 25, 2011
North Korea
Issue 330: Testimony: The Truth about North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il
Testimony: The Truth about North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il By Ma Young-Ae On the death of North Korea’s brutal dictator, UN Watch publishes for the
December 20, 2011
NGOs
55 MPs, rights groups & dissidents urge UNESCO to cancel election of Syria to human rights committees
PRESS RELEASE APPEAL SENT TO WASHINGTON, PARIS & LONDON UNESCO board includes US, UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark GENEVA, Dec. 15 – An international coalition
December 15, 2011
Human Rights
Issue 328: UN Watch’s Tribute for Human Rights Day
GENEVA, Dec. 10 – Sixty-three years ago today, at a special session in Paris, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
December 10, 2011
Human Rights
Hilary Clinton to speak at UN tomorrow while human rights agency gives podium to “Gaddafi Human Rights Prize” front group
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch urges Clinton, EU’s Ashton, France and UK to speak out GENEVA, Dec. 5 – On the same day as US Secretary
December 5, 2011
China
Issue 326: UN Human Rights Council condemns Syria – only Russia, China, Cuba & Ecuador oppose
UN Watch takes the floor, urges council to atone for past coddling of Syria; calls on UNESCO to reverse election of Syria to human rights
December 2, 2011
Syria
Issue 325: UNESCO elects Syria to human rights committees
UN Watch calls on UNESCO to reverse the decision Vote slammed by UNESCO director herself & Canada’s Foreign Minister GENEVA, Nov. 23 – UN Watch
November 23, 2011
Burma (Myanmar)
UN Watch quotes for human rights votes today on Iran, Burma, North Korea
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Nov. 21 – Following are quotes from Hillel Neuer, UN Watch executive director, on the UN General Assembly Third Committee votes Monday
November 21, 2011
Cuba
Issue 324: An Iranian ‘human rights’ wrong: Also on board are North Korea and Cuba
An Iranian ‘human rights’ wrong: Also on board are North Korea and Cuba A ploy by Tehran that has nothing to do with freedom BY
November 21, 2011
Canada
Watchdog urges Canada’s McGill U. to distance itself from U.N.’s Richard Falk
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Nov. 8 – Following its National Post op-ed today criticizing McGill University for hosting a lecture next Monday by controversial U.N. figure Richard Falk, a Geneva-based
November 8, 2011