Human Rights
UNHRC reps praise Somalia on human rights
GENEVA, May 6, 2021 — Country speakers taking the floor today at the UN Human Rights Council showered praise on Somalia during a mandatory human rights review
May 7, 2021
Country
Human Rights
“Western democracies are appeasing the Iranian regime,” activists warn
NEW YORK, May 3, 2021 — Iranian human rights activists warned today that Western democracies are appeasing Iran, from refusing to condemn its election to a
May 5, 2021
Focus on Iran (only social media & video)
“Western democracies are paying price for appeasing Iran,” warn activists
GENEVA, May 3, 2021 — In reaction to the recent election of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN Commission on the Status of
May 3, 2021
Iran
MEDIA ADVISORY: Activists to Call for Rejection of Iran’s Election to UN Women’s Rights Commission
MEDIA ADVISORY Activists to Call for Rejection of Iran’s Election to UN Women’s Rights Commission NEW YORK, May 2, 2021 — In wake of last week’s election of the Islamic Republic of
May 3, 2021
Focus on Iran (only social media & video)
US balks at condemning Iran’s election to UN women’s commission
After a UN Watch report exposed the secret-ballot election of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW),
April 30, 2021
Focus on Iran (only social media & video)
Norway refuses to say if it voted to elect Iran to UN’s top women’s rights commission
After a UN Watch report exposed the secret-ballot election of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women
April 29, 2021
Human Rights
Firestorm After UN Watch Reveals Iran Elected to UN Women’s Rights Commission
UN Watch’s exclusive report exposing Iran’s election to the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women has sparked a global firestorm. Lawmakers demanded answers and
April 29, 2021
Human Rights
At least 4 EU & Western democracies voted to elect Iran to UN women’s rights commission
At least four out of the 15 EU and Western group democracies at the UN’s Economic and Social Council voted to elect Iran to the
April 22, 2021
Human Rights
EXCLUSIVE: U.N. Elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights
Iran's regime will begin its four-year term "at the first meeting of the Commission’s sixty-seventh session in 2022." https://t.co/uRl7ebkLd3 This will be on March 25,
April 21, 2021
Human Rights
UN Watch in Jerusalem Post: ‘Time for UN Accountability on Iran’
The following oped by Hilary Miller, UN Watch’s New York Associate, was originally published in the Jerusalem Post. Read the full article here. Here are
March 17, 2021
Human Rights
40 NGOs appeal to UN for release of Russian dissident Lyubov Sobol
PRESS RELEASE 40 NGOs appeal to UN for release of Russian dissident Lyubov Sobol NEW YORK, March 9, 2020 — An international coalition of 40 UN-accredited
March 9, 2021
China
Whistleblower Rejects UN Denial It Handed Names of Dissidents to China
GENEVA, March 5, 2021 — The spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denied that the world body handed over names of Chinese dissidents to Beijing, and
March 5, 2021
