UN Watch’s Top Tweets in April 2020
Trending UN Watch tweets from April 2020: China mishandles the coronavirus crisis and joins a U.N. Human Rights Council panel that selects human rights monitors;
May 5, 2020
Abuser states seek election to top UN rights body
GENEVA, April 29, 2020 — Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia are running for election to the UN’s top human rights body, sparking outrage from human rights activists. (See quotes below) The
May 4, 2020
Report on UNHRC Candidacies of Cuba, Russia & Saudi Arabia for 2021-2023 Term
DICTATORSHIPS VYING FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEATS FOR 2021-2023 TERM Report by UN Watch 29 April 2020 Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia are running
April 29, 2020
Rights group lodges U.N. case against China for arbitrary detention of rights activist Zhang Baocheng
GENEVA, April 14, 2020 – As China this month joined an influential UN Human Rights Council panel, the non-governmental human rights group UN Watch announced today that it
April 14, 2020
Amnesty International official gets Hamas to arrest peace activist
GENEVA, April 12, 2020 — Amnesty International is being asked to fire a Gaza researcher after the New York Times reported that she got Hamas
April 12, 2020
China’s Jiang Duan Praising Dictatorships, Attacking Democracies
As UN Watch reported, China was appointed to a U.N. Human Rights Council panel that will select the world body’s monitors on health, freedom of
April 8, 2020
China joins U.N. human rights panel, will help pick experts on free speech, health, arbitrary detention
Mr. Jiang Duan, who holds the rank of Minister at China’s mission to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, will play a key role
April 3, 2020
UN Watch’s Top Tweets in March 2020
Trending UN Watch tweets from March 2020 put a spotlight on China’s efforts to cover up its mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, including by expelling
April 1, 2020
Israeli author and former Member of Knesset Dr. Einat Wilf speaks on the future of UNRWA
At the September session of the Human Rights Council, UN Watch put a global spotlight on the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) during a
March 18, 2020
Former UNRWA official James Lindsay speaks on the agency’s future
At the September session of the Human Rights Council, UN Watch put a global spotlight on the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) during a
March 18, 2020
Iran praised in U.N. human rights report by 85% of countries
Iranian Ambassador Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council as it adopted a report on the country’s mandatory review, Geneva, March
March 12, 2020
Human Rights Watch debating Ken Roth’s "judgment and leadership" over controversial Saudi donation
Human Rights Watch’s Ken Roth solicited a Saudi billionaire for a $470,000 gift by promising not to use the funds to defend LGBT people in
March 8, 2020
