Clockwise from top left: UN whistleblower Miranda Brown; Dutch trade minister Sigrid Kaag; Dutch foreign minister Stef Blok. Dutch trade minister Sigrid Kaag is a long-time ally of UN right chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein GENEVA, September 2, 2018 – After the Dutch government defended its controversial …
This week, the New York Times reported about China’s crackdown on human rights activists, particularly its harassment of, and reprisals against, activists who attend UN meetings. As UN Watch pointed out at the March 2017 Human Rights Council session and again in May, in a letter complaint to Human Rights Chief …
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein slammed Israel for non-cooperation, lumping it in with Iran, Syria, and North Korea GENEVA, Sept. 14, 2016 — Yesterday, as reported in the Jerusalem Post, UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein accused Israel of acting like Iran, Syria and …
In sharp contrast to the statement of UN chief Ban Ki-moon, the world body’s high commissioner for rights, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan, noticeably refused to call Wednesday’s Palestinian shooting of Israelis in Tel Aviv a terrorist attack, which killed 4 and injured 16, and he …
Issue 491 In This Issue New Video: What Happened to the UN? Ban Ki-moon names Jordan’s Prince Zeid as next UN rights chief Iranian torture victim receives UN Watch’s Human Rights Award, blasts Tehran regime New Video: What Happened to the UN? The following new video tells the story of what …
