WSJ TV Interview: "U.N. Dictators & Their Apologists"
Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, Cuba seek re-election to UNHRC AGAIN: Swiss nominate Jean Ziegler to be UN rights expert—even though he was the UN agent
September 21, 2016
Country
Swiss nominate rapist's apologist as UN human rights expert
\Jean Ziegler, co-founder and 2002 winner of the Muammar Qaddafi Human Rights Prize, is the Western Group’s sole candidate to be a UN human rights
September 21, 2016
U.N. Clash: Syria, Russia, Venezuela Fail to Silence Victim Testimony
Former Political Prisoner calls for UN Rights Council to Remove Syrian “Goddess of Justice” Statue GENEVA, Sept. 19, 2016 — Former Syrian political prisoner Mohamad
September 19, 2016
North Korea
Take Action: Send North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un to the ICC
Help Innocent Victims—Take Action: Send North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un to the ICC In North Korea, thousands are kept in concentration camps, tortured, and starved
September 16, 2016
Masih Alinejad: Female politicians must challenge compulsory hijab
Masih Alinejad, Iranian journalist & women’s rights activist, at EU Parliament, Sept. 6, 2016 I ask Catherine Ashton, Federica Mogherini—all of you female politicians around
September 14, 2016
NGOs
UN’s Idriss Jazairy thinks genocidal Sudan is the human rights victim
Sudan, whose leader is wanted for genocide in Darfur, is itself a victim of human rights violations, according to an official of the UN Human Rights
September 13, 2016
NGOs
Mia Farrow Heads Campaign to Block Sudan from UN Rights Council
PRESS RELEASE 30 human rights groups file objection with UN Legal Counsel to disqualify Sudan’s candidacy Activists sent letters to 193 U.N. member states GENEVA,
August 30, 2016
Issue 603: UN Watch Op-Ed in The Jerusalem Report: "The aid workers aiding Hamas"
The op-ed below by UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer appears in the latest edition of The Jerusalem Report. The aid workers aiding Hamas The
August 19, 2016
Egypt
Egyptian envoy boycotts UN’s new monitor on anti-gay violence; "contrary to my convictions and the values I stand for"
Amr Ramadan, Egyptian ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council: protecting gays from violence and discrimination is “contrary to my convictions and the values I stand for.” GENEVA,
August 16, 2016
Issue 602: UN aid official arrested for aiding Hamas terrorism * Controversy in France as Jewish terror victims omitted
UN aid official arrested for aiding Hamas terrorism UNDP’s Wahid Borsh, 38, abused position to build jetty for Hamas naval forces, hide Hamas weapons, prioritize
August 12, 2016
Issue 601: Turkey releases Orhan Kemal Cengiz, but with travel ban; "UN must speak out"
UN must condemn Turkey’s illegal travel ban against human rights advocate Orhan Kemal Cengiz Above: Orhan Kemal Cengiz, second from left, at the UN for the opening session
July 24, 2016
50 NGOs blast "silence of UN agencies in Venezuela" over food deprivation
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (right) with FAO DG Graziano da Silva GENEVA, July 22, 2016 — The Geneva-based non-governmental human rights group UN Watch today urged UN
July 22, 2016