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
Press Release
North Korea
UN lowers flag for Kim Jong-il; rights group urges equal sympathy for victims
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Dec. 28 – With UN flags at half-mast today at its Human Rights Council (see photo right) and other buildings to mark the funeral
December 28, 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
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
League of Arab States
UNESCO elects Syria to human rights committees
PRESS RELEASE Vote slammed by UNESCO director & Canada FM GENEVA, Nov. 23 – UNESCO’s executive board, which includes the US, France, the UK and other
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
Human Rights
Iran “Human Rights” Center Boosts UN-based Bid to Erode Universal Guarantees
PRESS RELEASE International Sponsors Should Pull Out GENEVA, Nov. 21 – As Western countries seek to have the UN condemn Iran for abusing human rights,
November 21, 2011
Middle East
Rights Groups Welcome UN Draft on Syria, Urge Creation of Investigator
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Nov. 17 – In an attempt to influence a UN resolution on Syrian abuses now being debated by member states, a coalition of
November 17, 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
Afghanistan
Bonn summit could “legitimize the Taliban,” warns Afghan women’s rights activist
PRESS RELEASE Dr. Massouda Jalal, center, and fellow Afghan activists, with Arielle Herzog Hadida, UN Watch Director of Special Projects, and UN Watch intern Paul
October 27, 2011
Human Rights
Wikileaks: World Food Program told Kofi Annan of UN Hunger Expert’s “Profoundly Immoral” Actions “Harming Lives of the Hungry”
PRESS RELEASE NGO urges Ban Ki-moon, Navi Pillay and Olivier de Schutter to speak out GENEVA, October 24 — A Wikileaks cable circulated for the first time today
October 24, 2011
Human Rights
45 rights groups urge UN Rights Council to investigate its Gaddafi-linked officials Jean Ziegler & Najat Al-Hajjaji
PRESS RELEASE After working for Gaddafi’s propaganda radio, Najat Al-Hajjaji chaired UNHRC, headed UN’s Durban II racism conf & was UNHRC mercenaries expert GENEVA, October 21 — While the
October 21, 2011