I asked the UN: “Why did you name the Islamic Republic of Iran as Chair of the UN Human Rights Council Social Forum, starting on Nov. 2nd? How can you elevate a regime that beats, blinds, tortures & rapes women who demand their rights? Where is the logic? Where is the morality?” pic.twitter.com/tWefa4qA50

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 30, 2023

16-year-old Armita Geravand is now in a coma after being beaten by the morality police of the Islamic regime (which the New York Times said was disbanded). On November 2nd, the Islamic regime will be Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum. Why, @antonioguterres? pic.twitter.com/qGhlFDpfu1

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) October 3, 2023

No joke: this Thursday, the Islamic Regime in Iran will become Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum.

Say NO to the U.N. legitimizing a regime that beats, blinds, tortures and rapes women for demanding their rights.

Sign the petition now: https://t.co/Q4HTtbCbgT pic.twitter.com/D8BxYtg6db

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) October 30, 2023

2/ To stop the Islamic Republic of Iran from becoming Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum this Thursday, November 2nd, please sign our petition here: https://t.co/41CL3Sy00F pic.twitter.com/z4qIp4kUpX

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 30, 2023

3/ My address to U.N. Human Rights Council: “Mr. President, we meet here at the United Nations, on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, while in custody of the morality police in Tehran.

In the days and months that followed, in cities across Iran, a mass…

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 30, 2023

Antisemitism

Dear @Amnesty: Your hero Ahed Tamimi just posted, “Come on settlers, we will slaughter you. We are waiting for you in all cities of the West Bank. What Hitler did to you was a joke. We will drink your blood and eat your skulls. We are waiting for you.” @Amnesty, will you condemn? pic.twitter.com/z0kBs3jsHr

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 30, 2023

In Jan-Feb 2018, Amnesty dedicated its home page to Ahed Tamimi, a photogenic Palestinian detained for slapping & kicking Israeli soldiers. She pled guilty to 4 criminal charges including assault. Now this Amnesty human rights hero wants to drink Jews' blood and eat their skulls. pic.twitter.com/Mk2TO06pJi

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 30, 2023

Hamas attacks on Israel

LEFT: Head of terrorist group that butchered, raped, tortured, mutilated, abducted thousands of Israeli civilians on October 7th

RIGHT: Credible source of facts for New York Times front-page stories pic.twitter.com/nA3YgIFnxm

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 18, 2023

War has been launched against Israel today by the Palestinians from Gaza. I’m sitting now in a bomb shelter in Jerusalem, where I’ve come to visit for the High Holidays. Over 5,000 rockets were fired into Israel already this morning.

And this part is unprecedented: Palestinian…

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 7, 2023

Today I was in a bomb shelter in Jerusalem because Hamas is firing thousands of rockets at Israel to try and kill more Jews. They massacred so many on Sunday, including hundreds of youths at a music festival. In their memory, U2 changed the opening lyrics of “Pride”:

Early… https://t.co/OBnHBCIBhI

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 9, 2023

Hamas-Israel War

Gaza has a shortage of everything….except rockets and kidnapped Israeli children.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 24, 2023

Must-see: BBC presenter gets schooled on the actual rules of war by international law expert Natasha Hausdorff pic.twitter.com/2d3O0N2oFg

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 23, 2023

“Proportionality does not mean that the defensive force has to be equal to the attack. It means you can use force proportionate to the defensive objective—to stop, repel & prevent further attacks. Israel's war aims are consistent with proportionality in the law of self-defence.” https://t.co/j3F4kWzWgO pic.twitter.com/v6EwIqaW0T

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 25, 2023

Gays for Gaza
Queers for Palestine
Chickens for KFC pic.twitter.com/oXwbXMEKz2

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 26, 2023

BREAKING: 🇨🇿 Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová has just called to leave the UN for cheering Hamas terrorists. “Exactly 3 weeks ago, Hamas murdered over 1400 Israelis, more victims for their population than the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda murdered in the US on… pic.twitter.com/ocfqKmtrQw

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 28, 2023

BREAKING: @MosabHasanYosef, the Palestinian son of a Hamas leader who risked his life to stop terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, is now active on this platform. He knows Hamas better than anyone. Watch his amazing new interview below, and follow him. Mosab is a hero. pic.twitter.com/ZUlKJc43mv

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 23, 2023

Must-read speech on the legality of Israel's fight against Hamas, delivered in 🇬🇧 House of Lords yesterday by Lord Guglielmo Verdirame KC, professor and barrister in public international law:

“There has been a lot of talk about proportionality in the law on self-defence. I refer…

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 25, 2023

The Czechs know something about international appeasement of Nazis https://t.co/98kNjo7MW4

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 29, 2023

LIST OF SHAME: 21 MEPs who voted NO to condemn Hamas
🇫🇷 Aubry, Mesure, Omarjee
🇵🇹 Pereira, Pimenta Lopes
🇮🇪 Daly, Flanagan, McManus, Wallace
🇧🇪 Botenga
🇪🇸 Villanueva Ruiz, Rego, Miranda, Urtasun, Urbán Crespo
🇮🇹 Pedicini
🇸🇰 Zdanoka, Uhrík
🇬🇷 Nikolaou-Alavanos, Kostas
🇳🇱 De Graaff pic.twitter.com/COQmD4SFqd

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) October 23, 2023

Gaza Report say this was not an Israeli attack on a hospital, as per Ilhan Omar, but a misfired Palestinian rocket — which “detonated a stockpile of munitions held on the hospital grounds.”

I repeat: “A stockpile of munitions held on the hospital grounds.” https://t.co/iyPUwYbriz

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 17, 2023

Turns out Hamas stole 24,000 liters of fuel from the UN compound. That's enough to last four days to power Gaza’s water desalination facilities for hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents, and to operate a hospital. If you back Hamas, you couldn't care less about the people of… https://t.co/SZIy4hH1jt

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 16, 2023

U.N. on Israel and Gaza

2/ More on the shameful U.N. General Assembly resolution, drafted by Jordan and other Arab states, that refused to condemn the Hamas massacre: https://t.co/2zAoNzrQoR

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 28, 2023

Moral Catastrophe: The U.N. failed to condemn Hamas after vote fell short of the two-thirds majority required. pic.twitter.com/xDlIEisODH

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) October 27, 2023

LIST OF SHAME: These EU countries just joined 🇮🇷Iran, 🇸🇾Syria and 🇷🇺Russia in voting for a resolution that fails to name Hamas or specifically call for release of hostages.

🇧🇪Belgium
🇫🇷France
🇮🇪Ireland
🇱🇺Luxembourg
🇲🇹Malta
🇵🇹Portugal
🇸🇮Slovenia
🇪🇸Spain

+🇨🇭Switzerland, 🇳🇴Norway pic.twitter.com/R1jzMof7vM

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) October 27, 2023

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On the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in morality police custody in Tehran, we pledge never to give up fighting at the United Nations to support the people of Iran in their struggle for basic human rights and the cause of Woman, Life, Freedom. #FightLikeAGirl pic.twitter.com/ls55dYlO3R

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 15, 2023

Iran speaking at the U.N. in New York

I'm heading to New York for tomorrow's UN opening to tell the world not to legitimize murderous dictators like Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi. pic.twitter.com/KjNgOBBdS6

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 18, 2023

Hands dripping with the blood of thousands of political prisoners sent to their death by the Butcher of Tehran are shown to the world at the United Nations. When will the U.N. invite the victims of his repression to speak? pic.twitter.com/5eOmVufylB

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 19, 2023

One person at the United Nations stood up to boldly protest the Butcher of Tehran, lifting up high a sign reading “Iranian women deserve freedom now.” Bravo to Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan for courageously showing the rest of the world what they could and should have done. https://t.co/oUA8i7dNzs

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 19, 2023

Monday: America frees $6 Billion for transfer to Tehran
Tuesday: the Butcher of Tehran, standing at the UN podium in New York, threatens to assassinate former US officials pic.twitter.com/qWMGQO0SUP

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 20, 2023

.@CFR_org How can you host the Butcher of Tehran in New York one year after he sent an assassin here to kill dissident Masih Alinejad? Raisi has the deaths of thousands on his hands. He belongs not on your podium, but in the dock of the International Criminal Court. https://t.co/BwhV8MXqOx pic.twitter.com/1x8xAtxjnG

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 19, 2023

Iran chairing the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum

History will record that the Butcher of Tehran addressed the United Nations today and not a single democracy said or did anything about the fact that his regime—which beats, blinds, tortures and rapes women protesters—is to be Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum. pic.twitter.com/B5oabEDtZh

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 20, 2023

I just took the floor of the U.N. Human Rights Council to ask: “On what basis did this Council appoint the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran as Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum, starting on November 2nd? Where is the logic? Where is the morality?” pic.twitter.com/2rWnRnMpbD

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 13, 2023

Monday, September 18: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres greets Ebrahim Raisi, the Butcher of Tehran.

Thursday, November 2: Iran regime to become Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum. I'm not making this up. pic.twitter.com/49USblMeSk

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 21, 2023

I'm watching the Butcher of Tehran tell lies to the world. On November 2nd, his regime becomes Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum. Despicable. pic.twitter.com/ErH8krsre1

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 19, 2023

Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

🇦🇲 Out of 120,000 ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh:
65,000 fled
300 injured
200 killed
105 missing

🇺🇳 U.N. Human Rights Council reaction:
0 resolutions
0 emergency sessions
0 commission of inquiry

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) September 28, 2023

U.N. Human Rights Council

Meet the candidates for the U.N. Human Rights Council. Not making this up. https://t.co/GIqb6ClrGv pic.twitter.com/GyYdJSiC7c

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 19, 2023

Antisemitism in Canada

I love my 🇨🇦 but something is deeply wrong. Just one year ago we learned the government hired Laith Marouf, who openly calls to murder Jews, to build its “anti-racism strategy” and gave him $600,000. Now this. How can this keep happening? Who's in charge? https://t.co/waRH1O04uv

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 26, 2023

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On November 2nd, the Islamic Republic of Iran will be Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum. That’s the whole tweet. pic.twitter.com/vhZnreZcIv

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 27, 2023

Election in Zimbabwe

The re-election of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa was marred by vote suppression, arrest of observers, voter intimidation, threats of violence, harassment and coercion. The credibility of this election is in grave doubt. We must stand with opposition like @advocatemahere. pic.twitter.com/CRcC2SySre

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) August 29, 2023

Credibility of Zimbabwe's presidential election “in grave doubt”https://t.co/78lPTKXQrT

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) August 30, 2023

U.N. Human Rights Council

Countries ranked “Not Free” by @freedomhouse include:
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇨🇳 China
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇩🇿 Algeria

Countries on the U.N. Human Rights Council include:
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇨🇳 China
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇩🇿 Algeria

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) August 9, 2023

Human Rights Abuses in Russia

No joke: the son of Alexander Zakharov, mastermind of Russia's killer drones that attack civilians in Ukraine, is now interning at the U.N.'s disarmament institute. UNIDIR says he was selected through a "competitive and transparent recruitment process…on the basis of his… pic.twitter.com/Qwt2cQnMNX

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 6, 2023

No, Yevgeny Prigozhin was no “dissident.” He was a murderer like Putin. Who is a Russian dissident? My friend @vkaramurza, now serving a 25-year sentence in prison because he dared to speak out in Moscow against the murderous war on Ukraine waged by Putin — and Prigozhin. https://t.co/CGTO5VX70n

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 23, 2023

U.N. Anti-Israel bias

The U.N. recently decided to condemn only one country in the world for violating women's rights. Guess who they picked. The Taliban's Afghanistan? Iran's Islamic regime? DR Congo? Guess again.

Exclusive report from @UNWatch: https://t.co/fAghJPvmih

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 8, 2023

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I have alarming news to report. The U.N. Human Rights Council is now in session, but they’ve rigged the speaker’s lists so that I can’t take the floor.

Today, they're holding a debate on Iran. The Council gave the floor to numerous dictatorships, and to three “non-governmental”… pic.twitter.com/H6bYTSSoaW

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 5, 2023

When the UN Human Rights Council held a debate on Iran, they gave the floor to numerous brutal dictatorships and “non-governmental” organizations that are regime front groups. But they refused to give the floor to UN Watch, the most effective voice at the UN for Iranian victims. https://t.co/9CYf9pCYxY pic.twitter.com/q2tp16p0IN

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 7, 2023

BREAKING: China, Russia and Cuba are running for seats on the U.N. Human Rights Council, in elections to be held at the General Assembly in October. We call on the US, UK & EU to speak out now and vigorously oppose the obscene candidacies these brutal and oppressive regimes.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 20, 2023

Iranian Propaganda at U.N.

No joke: on the eve of the first U.N. Human Rights Council debate featuring the Fact-Finding Mission into the protests in Iran—when the regime beat women to death for improper hijab—the Islamic Republic is allowed to hold a shameless propaganda show on “Iranian Women’s Fashion.” pic.twitter.com/3BUwRa5a5G

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 4, 2023

Human Rights in Iran

Do you remember this woman? On March 15, after 4 years & 7 months in prison, activist Sepideh Qoliyan was released—and the second she walked out, she cried out for the downfall of tyrant Ayatollah Khamenei. So they jailed her again. Today, she stayed in prison rather than submit. https://t.co/UOiGFbMykZ pic.twitter.com/muhrKSsgkI

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 19, 2023

We call on the @UN_HRC to take urgent action to protect Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi who faces possible execution. On Tuesday, the UNHRC is holding an Urgent Debate on “the desecration of the Holy Quran in Europe.” Why no urgent debate on Iran's abuse of Islam to kill a musician? https://t.co/HBOffn4MVG

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 9, 2023

.@AOC Why won’t you speak out for this heroic woman locked up in Iran for her human rights activism? https://t.co/eGDpckL0bI

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 20, 2023

The world was fooled by Tehran. The morality police were never abolished. We urge France, Britain and Germany to declare they will join the US in backing our call to stop this terror regime from becoming Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum: https://t.co/gO3rRAC8ml https://t.co/aHHhwOPQlF

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 16, 2023

Anti-Israel Bias at the U.N.

BREAKING: U.N. Human Rights Council adopts 104th resolution against Israel, to fund blacklist of companies that do business with Jews in Judea. Shame on Belgium & Luxembourg for joining the jackals. UNHRC has more resolutions on Israel than on Syria, Iran & North Korea combined. pic.twitter.com/gor9TZJVON

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 14, 2023

On this day 100 years ago, the Allied Powers and Turkey signed the Treaty of Lausanne, killing Kurdish self-determination. Why has the U.N. Human Rights Council adopted some 100 resolutions on the Palestinians, and 0 for the Kurds?https://t.co/C3IFV3ob8t @ejiltalk @LoqmanRadpey pic.twitter.com/2oMXbTXZCJ

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 24, 2023

China’s Abuse of Uyhgurs

you currently have one million uyghur muslims in reeducation camps to destroy their religious identity and culture https://t.co/mEWPxR9xnP

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 5, 2023

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BREAKING: The Islamic Republic of Iran was just elected Vice-President of the U.N. General Assembly, for a one year term starting September 5. This is a regime that defies U.N. arms embargoes, tramples the human rights of its own citizens, and foments terrorism across the globe.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 1, 2023

Appointing the Islamic Republic of Iran to head a U.N. human rights forum is like putting Jeffrey Epstein in charge of a Girl Scout troop.https://t.co/tyTScRpBTh

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 11, 2023

BREAKING: The Islamic Republic of Iran was just elected Vice-President of the U.N. General Assembly, for a one year term starting September 5. This is a regime that defies U.N. arms embargoes, tramples the human rights of its own citizens, and foments terrorism across the globe.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 1, 2023

Everyone: it can’t get any more ridiculous than Iran being assigned to chair a UN Human Rights Council forum

The UN: hold that thought https://t.co/c0EGkQGSwe

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 2, 2023

The inmates are running the asylum. Past month alone:
🇮🇷 Islamic Republic of Iran appointed Chair of U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum
🇰🇵 North Korea elected to U.N.’s World Health Organization Executive Board
🇶🇦 Qatar elected Chair of U.N.’s International Labor Conference https://t.co/ci5q5dPxrG

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 8, 2023

On this day in 1945, 50 nations came together in San Francisco to sign the UN Charter and create a world body for peace and human rights.

On November 2, 2023, the Islamic Republic of Iran will become Chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum.

Happy UN #CharterDay.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 26, 2023

BREAKING: Qatar, which caused 7,000 migrant workers to die laboring for the FIFA World Cup, was elected to head the @ILO's International Labor Conference. Right after the New York Times exposed Qatar's $25 million influence campaign to silence the ILO on its abuse of workers. pic.twitter.com/xvbzZrPRXF

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 7, 2023

✅ Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada, President for Life of Uganda, member of U.N. Human Rights Commission, 1977-79
✅ Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, Chair of U.N. Human Rights Commission, 2003
✅ Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran, to be Chair of U.N. Human Rights Social Forum in November pic.twitter.com/fNUSOHpZ0x

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 11, 2023

Bravo to USA for condemning Iran's election as a VP of the UN General Assembly, and for pledging to “continue to oppose Iran’s leadership throughout the UN system.”@AmbUNReform Chris Lu: “The United States dissociates from the election of Iran as a Vice President of the 78th… https://t.co/nGnxavi373 pic.twitter.com/XodhVNJpbw

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 11, 2023

Iran regime elected to UN Committee on Disarmament & International Security. The criminals who trample their own people, violate UN Security Council resolutions, arm Russia with 400 UAVs to bomb Ukraine civilians, fail to cooperate with IAEA & foment terrorism at home and abroad. pic.twitter.com/5YzavvtfCh

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 4, 2023

My op-ed: “Irony died at the UN a long time ago, but now the Islamic Republic of Iran is dancing on its grave. Racing for nuclear weapons and fomenting terrorism worldwide, Tehran was elected to the UN Committee on Disarmament and International Security.” https://t.co/aEQrT6Teyy

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 8, 2023

Anti-Israel bias at the U.N.

⚡ Caught on Hot Mic: Navi Pillay and Chris Sidoti, members of the UN's anti-Israel inquisition, unaware their conversation before today's press conference was being recorded, laugh about how they ran out the clock to avoid answering our questions about their bigotry and bias. https://t.co/i2YDVwO5Fd pic.twitter.com/7QQ9uWScAb

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 20, 2023

The Islamic Regime in Iran

“Don't say this is our culture—women kicked out of school if they don't cover themselves. It is an insult to say that. This is the culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran and of the Taliban. We need a Women's March—for the women of Iran and Afghanistan.” @AlinejadMasih #OsloFF pic.twitter.com/NhMKIRrwqE

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 14, 2023

No joke: The mollahs are holding an exhibition right below the U.N. Human Rights Council of “Iranian women’s fashion design.” Same people who poison schoolgirls and beat, blind, rape, torture and kill women who protest. Women's fashion design! #بیشرفhttps://t.co/DWDJz5SyRZ pic.twitter.com/NnMRU3vtfJ

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 6, 2023

I have a question for Iranians: is this dress — which the Islamic regime will be displaying at the United Nations Human Rights Council in their upcoming propaganda exhibit below — something that their morality police would allow women to wear in public? https://t.co/qMf1agWVGv pic.twitter.com/5EcZiQSGc3

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 6, 2023

Picture of a terrorist. https://t.co/wemHDzKXHc

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 1, 2023

Remembering Tiananmen Square

Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, when the Communist regime sent tanks to trample peaceful pro-democracy protesters. Their bravery will not be forgotten, including the man who stopped a column of tanks.

“Since that June day, I have been inspired… pic.twitter.com/1Nv4nT3ARR

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 4, 2023

🇨🇳 34 YEARS AGO: China’s first lady Peng Liyuan serenades rifle-toting troops fresh from a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in the 1989 #TiananmenSquareMassacre.

🇺🇳 TODAY: She's a @WHO “Goodwill Ambassador.” https://t.co/8VAqCWOJA2

Why, @DrTedros? pic.twitter.com/rx5ghwzq2j

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 4, 2023

Fighting Dictatorships

Senator McCain displayed a photo of Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza on the Senate floor after he was targeted by Putin in 2017. This, said Kara-Murza, helped to keep him alive. Now he's in prison and again at grave risk. Let us follow McCain's example & keep Vladimir alive. pic.twitter.com/drfXRBSB1t

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 9, 2023

Murderers unite: Ayatollah Raisi meets Maduro in Venezuela pic.twitter.com/NRBXOJ9HbS

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 12, 2023

In Caracas, Managua and Havana, Iran's tyrant visits his friends, who all torture dissidents to retain power. But I'm here in Oslo with the defenders of human rights who have also gathered: Masih Alinejad, Carolina Barrero, Leopoldo López and Félix Maradiaga. Freedom will win. https://t.co/p7O3l5247G pic.twitter.com/If4VBjIQSo

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 15, 2023

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I took the floor at the U.N. Human Rights Council to call out the murderous dictatorships and repressive regimes—including Russia, Islamic Republic of Iran, China, Cuba and Pakistan—who shamelessly told lies to the world about their “promotion and protection of human rights.” pic.twitter.com/pfTMYzmK3u

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 5, 2023

BREAKING: The dictator-dominated UNHRC just passed its 100th resolution condemning Israel, more than the combined total enacted on Iran, Syria, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela. Text fails to even mention the PA, Hamas or Islamic Jihad. Shame on 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪 for joining the jackals. pic.twitter.com/fEbre7xCpy

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 3, 2023

LIST OF SHAME — Countries who just voted NO to UNHRC’s condemnation of #Iran regime human rights abuses:
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇧🇴 Bolivia
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇻🇳 Vietnam

Abstained:
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇸🇩 Sudan
& more… pic.twitter.com/2WYbbCRKXD

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) April 4, 2023

Putin’s Regime of Terror

Today on April 1, 2023 the U.N. announced that its Security Council is now being led by a murderous regime whose president is subject to an international arrest warrant for war crimes. This is not an April Fools Day joke, this is real. pic.twitter.com/e64c3wttkJ

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 1, 2023

Vladimir Kara-Murza is one of the most courageous people I ever met. He spoke out for freedom in Russia. They poisoned him and he almost died—twice. He kept speaking out. They took him away April 11, 2022. Now they jail him for treason. The free world must stand with Vladimir. /2 pic.twitter.com/rf6UnBypht

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 17, 2023

Vladimir is married to Evgenia Kara-Murza and they have three children. Evgenia is coming to the United Nations to address our 15th Geneva Summit for Human Rights, on May 17th. She is fighting for the freedom of her husband and the people of Russia. /3 https://t.co/DftLEoSJxM pic.twitter.com/qTm1BdXdIw

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 17, 2023

BREAKING: 🇷🇺 Russia is running for a U.N. Human Rights Council seat. The regime that slaughters Ukrainians, threatens nuclear war and poisons and imprisons opposition leaders @navalny and @vkaramurza. We pledge to do all we can to defeat them. @bennyavni: https://t.co/pSKb1tcwp6

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 26, 2023

Solidarity with Iranian Protesters

.@PahlaviReza: “This regime does not represent the Iranian people. My compatriots are proud of their history dating back 2500 years when Cyrus the Great helped free Jewish slaves and to rebuild the Temple. It’s a biblical relationship our two countries have had over centuries.” pic.twitter.com/lRZrt8iRH2

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 18, 2023

Meet the magnificent @AzadehMoaveni. She teaches journalism at NYU, headed the Gender and Conflict Project at the International Crisis Group, and writes for The New York Times and New Yorker magazine. She’s also an abject apologist for the Ayatollah regime’s gender apartheid. 🧵: https://t.co/UDJLEVSclA pic.twitter.com/lzTEovTHwv

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 24, 2023

SHAME: The criminal Islamic regime in Iran—which tortures protesters, poisons schoolgirls & spreads terrorism worldwide—was just elected to the U.N. Commission on Crime Prevention. While the U.S. and allies did stop Russia from getting elected, on Iran they said and did nothing.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 14, 2023

I salute Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for this historic visit. The peoples of Iran and Israel have ancient ties dating back to the time of Cyrus the Great, continuing until modern times before the fanatical Ayatollahs. When the terrorist regime falls, there is a great future ahead. https://t.co/1iMs0R45oe

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 16, 2023

While the mollahs poison schoolgirls, blind protesters, fire on mourners, rape political prisoners, sponsor terrorism and assassinate dissidents worldwide, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi today gives hope of a future Iran that is free, democratic, tolerant and at peace with the world. https://t.co/Vvkhbk4sG0

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 18, 2023

With help from the brilliant and brave @NazaninBoniadi, who spoke at the United Nations one year ago, the misogynistic Islamic regime in Iran became the first member state in history to be expelled from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission. The world needs more voices like hers. https://t.co/MQ5m4r5fuY

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 13, 2023

The Taliban’s Murderous Rule

You just called for official recognition of the Taliban, at Princeton University only five days ago, so isn’t it a bit rich for you to be speaking out now for Afghan women’s rights? https://t.co/dZiQyiwOai pic.twitter.com/zILSXrY781

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 22, 2023

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Iranian regime minister Hamid Ahmadi twice tried to shut me down at the U.N. Human Rights Council after I exposed how Qassem Soleimani and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards funded, armed and gave the orders to terrorist murderers like the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. #IRGCterrorist pic.twitter.com/KlqOjQ6lJt

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 7, 2023

No joke: The U.N. Human Rights Council chair just cut me off and stopped me from testifying after the Islamic Republic of Iran complained I was “attacking” them by exposing their role as a state sponsor of terrorism. Censorship from the world body mandated to protect free speech. pic.twitter.com/2Kqe3d4Jtn

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 29, 2023

I took the floor just now at the United Nations to hold the murderous mollahs to account before the world and give a voice to voiceless victims like Jamshid Sharmahd. pic.twitter.com/OVQAcRB17O

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 24, 2023

I just took the floor at the U.N. Human Rights Council but the Islamic Republic of Iran tried to shut me down when I pointed out how the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group admits it is completely run by their Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. They can’t handle the truth.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 6, 2023

تقاضا برای ارسال مدارک:
مأموریت حقیقت یاب مستقل بین‌المللی سازمان ملل در مورد جمهوری اسلامی #ایران (#Iran) از افراد، گروه‌ها و سازمان‌ها دعوت می‌کند اطلاعات مربوط به گزارشات خود را ارائه دهند.
برای اطلاعات بیشتر لطفا این آدرس اینترنتی را دنبال کنید https://t.co/XiRoMK8ntO pic.twitter.com/Jc6tRpFH2t

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 3, 2023

Iran Foreign Minister Addresses U.N.

.@khamenei_ir Ayatollah, if you’re going to send a foreign minister to tell lies before the world in English, you may want to find one who can read and speak the language pic.twitter.com/BXsGgYqDWd

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 1, 2023

#IRGC foreign minister addresses U.N. Conference on Disarmament#IRGC plainclothes agents brutalize mother for protesting that her daughter was one of hundreds of schoolgirls targeted by poison gas attack pic.twitter.com/PcU70zoXhM

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 1, 2023

Celebrating Iran’s Expulsion From U.N. Women’s Rights Commission

Powerful call for action by @AlinejadMasih on sidelines of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women as Ambassadors from numerous democracies joined human rights activists at our event giving thanks to all who helped expel Iran’s Islamic regime from @UN_Women. #CSW2023 pic.twitter.com/TeGkiNZYOe

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 10, 2023

Good News: Today the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women opened its 67th annual session and the Islamic Republic of Iran is no longer a voting member because we kicked them off in December. Their speech (as an observer) expressed deep bitterness at being expelled.

#CSW67 pic.twitter.com/E1I0IKIsWQ

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 6, 2023

🇨🇦 Ambassador @BobRae48 spoke out powerfully for the human rights of the Iranian people today as diplomats and activists gathered on the sidelines of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women — from which the Islamic Republic of Iran was recently expelled. #CSW2023 pic.twitter.com/00ed8czbgy

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 10, 2023

Mr @JosepBorrellF you might be misinformed when you say it's not possible to designate IRGC as a terrorist org. Legal basis is there. When there is a will Sir there's a way. #iran #IranRevoIution #IRGCterorrists #MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/ChOfVJrE5O

— Goli Ameri (@goliameri) March 21, 2023

Brave Human Rights Activists

Bravo to the amazing @AlinejadMasih on being named one of Time Magazine’s Women of the Year!

Masih founded a mass movement of Iranian women fighting the regime’s compulsory hijab law.

The Mollahs fear Masih. So last July, in New York, they sent a gunman to try and kill her. https://t.co/4K5UTcOOHS pic.twitter.com/JllM1orzZU

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 2, 2023

Heroes of today, March 16:
• Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza stands trial for treason, facing 25 years in prison.
• Iran activist Sepideh Gholian was just re-arrested. Yesterday she left prison after 4 years and cried out “Tyrant Khamenei, we’ll drag you into the ground!” pic.twitter.com/RurskQR85w

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 16, 2023

Speech of the year from Time Magazine woman of the year. Soon the nations of the world will hear Masih. Very soon. https://t.co/QtUFzDAeIH

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 10, 2023

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NO JOKE: The foreign minister of the murderous Islamic Republic of Iran will be in Geneva on Feb. 27 to address the opening of the U.N. Human Rights Council. We are calling on all countries to walk out — including FMs from France, Germany, UK — as they did for Lavrov last year. pic.twitter.com/eqYJoQOxZi

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 6, 2023

BREAKING: Today we sent letters to the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France and all other EU member states urging a walkout on Iranian foreign minister Amir Abdollahian at the U.N. Human Rights Council opening on Feb. 27. #WalkoutIRI campaign is going viral. pic.twitter.com/0fRwBCVPCE

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 16, 2023

BREAKING: British Parliament debates 🇬🇧 walking out on Iran’s Amir Abdollahian when he addresses UNHRC on Monday. Lord Polak: “If we stand for the protection of human rights, then my noble friend should stand and leave the room when the Iranian foreign minister begins to speak.” pic.twitter.com/sT48ycLRGh

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 23, 2023

“It’s good to see you again,” says Finland Foreign Minister @Haavisto just now, as he meets and smiles with murderous mollahs’ mouthpiece @Amirabdolahian, next to the U.N. Human Rights Council.@MarinSanna, we urged the free world: #WalkoutIRI pic.twitter.com/3EwkLXQISa

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 27, 2023

UNHRC racism conference, Geneva, April 20, 2009: Democracies walk out on Ayatollah regime’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

UNHRC opening, Geneva, Feb. 27, 2023: We call on democracies to do the same when the regime’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian takes the podium. #WalkoutIRI pic.twitter.com/QypanU24XL

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 11, 2023

Good News! Today all the leading democracies boycotted the Ayatollah regime’s 44th birthday party. Bravo to all who fought to #BoycottIRIDay. Now our next battle is to urge countries to walk out of UNHRC on Feb. 27 when the regime’s foreign minister takes the podium. #WalkoutIRI pic.twitter.com/K49UbD68tk

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 9, 2023

من اینجا در شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل متحد هستم و پیامی برای جهانیان دارم: به محض اینکه وزیر امور خارجه جمهوری اسلامی به تریبون دعوت شد، در 7 فوریه اینجا همه کشورهای متمدن باید اتاق را ترک کنند.
We call for a walkout on Feb. 27 when the Ayatollah’s minister is given the podium. https://t.co/2TjIXx8kTX pic.twitter.com/jPJEbG0KsH

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 7, 2023

War on Ukraine

LIST OF SHAME: Countries who just voted No on a resolution condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine:
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇲🇱 Mali
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇰🇵 North Korea
🇸🇾 Syria

Abstained:
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇮🇷 Iran
🇳🇦 Namibia
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
… pic.twitter.com/ht5tt98wKY

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 24, 2023

Today at the U.N., Russia invited ex-Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters to brief the Security Council. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not unprovoked—I condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms.” Sadly, Waters has long been suffering from a momentary lapse of reason. pic.twitter.com/znuwfH3nUW

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 8, 2023

Iranian protesters

Iranian couple filmed dancing in Tehran were just given a 10-year prison sentence for “promoting corruption, prostitution and propaganda.” In the video that they posted to Instagram, Astiazh Haqiqi and her fiancé Amir Mohammad Ahmadi are dancing by Tehran’s Azadi (Freedom) Tower. https://t.co/xWdGFatDpd pic.twitter.com/r6iWmRGAL6

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 1, 2023

An inspiring march today in the capital of Europe with thousands of courageous Iranians exiled by a murderous regime. They thanked me, but the truth is that we non-Iranians need to thank the Iranian people for reminding us of our own values—and that freedom is worth fighting for. pic.twitter.com/chabPFdRNA

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 20, 2023

Unity is coming. Freedom is coming. pic.twitter.com/cI0DxG1dVK

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 7, 2023

Foreign officials complicit in Iranian propaganda

Meet Nadine Olivieri Lozano, 🇨🇭 Swiss Ambassador to Iran and star of the murderous regime’s propaganda. While women in Iran are being beaten, blinded, tortured, raped and killed for daring to protest the compulsory hijab laws, she is complicit in her head-to-toe chador and hijab. pic.twitter.com/s07WA4T8Ki

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 22, 2023

.@PolandMFA, how could you — as the regime beats, blinds, tortures, rapes and kills innocent protesters for crying out “Woman, Life, Freedom” — bow before the Butcher of Tehran? #بیشرف pic.twitter.com/HziqpuHeYL

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 10, 2023

.@PolandMFA, how could you — as the regime beats, blinds, tortures, rapes and kills innocent protesters for crying out “Woman, Life, Freedom” — bow before the Butcher of Tehran? #بیشرف pic.twitter.com/HziqpuHeYL

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 10, 2023

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who defamed as “Islamophobic” Iranian journalist and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad who was targeted for assassination by the Islamic regime, was the recipient of a “Courage Award” from the regime’s ignominious lobby group NIAC. #بیشرف #نایاک https://t.co/qw26Spbu8m pic.twitter.com/yHCfMHOZK7

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 3, 2023

.@IlhanMN We will never forget how you attacked the leader of the Iranian women’s rights movement and accused her of being “Islamophobic.” We will never forget how you acted shamelessly — without honor, dignity, values, conscience, morals or ethics. #بیشرف
🧵 https://t.co/PEUmfBPAL6

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 2, 2023

.@SwedishPM Ulf Kristersson: You are the Chair of the European Union. We urge you to show moral leadership by telling your ambassador NOT to attend tomorrow’s ceremony in Tehran celebrating the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Do not dance on the graves of the victims. https://t.co/smx0urM4ud

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 8, 2023

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Meet the 2023 U.N. Human Rights Council.

Members now include:
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇨🇳 China
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇧🇩 Bangladesh

I wish I were making this up. I’m not. Today, 70% of UNHRC are non-democracies. Happy New Year.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 1, 2023

“But,” a journalist at a major news agency told me, “European diplomats say it’s good for the UN Human Rights Council to be a big tent, allowing countries like China, Russia and Venezuela to join, learn and improve.”

No. The big tent theory is a big lie. I said so at the UNHRC: pic.twitter.com/LuMBCWEazs

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 1, 2023

Countries criminalizing gays:
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇸🇳 Senegal
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇶🇦 Qatar

Countries on the U.N. Human Rights Council:
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇸🇳 Senegal
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) January 17, 2023

Only 30% of the 2023 UNHRC members meet the minimal standard of a Free democracy as rated by Freedom House. https://t.co/L3Mv0dxJ6a

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 1, 2023

Campaign Against Islamic Regime in Iran

In July 2022, a gunman hired by the Ayatollah’s regime in Iran came to Brooklyn to try and murder my friend Masih Alinejad because she created the successful mass movement to fight their compulsory hijab law. Now the US has announced another arrest. /1https://t.co/I4kcoj3i3z pic.twitter.com/8kmQcZoLtw

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 28, 2023

BREAKING: 9 minutes ago, for the first time since the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini, @UN_Iran posted a tweet. About an earthquake. They went silent for 134 days during mass protests for freedom, never saying a word for hundreds of protesters killed and injured or 18,000 detained. https://t.co/p8BYFqDsvX pic.twitter.com/JSKtZHbTRi

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 29, 2023

The UN is hiring for its fact-finding mission on Iran. We need people to apply who aren’t NIAC! They need a mission coordinator who knows Persian, Persian-English interpreters, Information Management Officers, Human Rights & Political Officers, Assistants:https://t.co/j52JBvzJJf pic.twitter.com/bxps7MxRHk

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 11, 2023

If you think about it, the Islamic regime in Iran is no less murderous and fanatical than ISIS — but they are treated like a legitimate state because they have diplomats who smile and lie to the world, and useful idiots in the West who go along. List IRGC as a terrorist entity.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 16, 2023

.@elonmusk As the new owner of Twitter, I urge you to remove all of the accounts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including @khamenei_ir, @Iran_GOV & @Amirabdolahian on the grounds that they are part of a terrorist regime that is no less fanatical and murderous than ISIS.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 17, 2023

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VICTORY! ⚡️
By a vote of 29 to 8, with 16 abstentions, the Islamic Republic of Iran was just expelled from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission. First time in United Nations history that any member state was removed from this body. Bravo to all who helped to make this happen! 🙏 pic.twitter.com/LDMBKTPWMO

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 14, 2022

امروز قرار است شما را از کمیسیون حقوق زنان سازمان ملل اخراج کنیم. این افتضاح بود که از اول انتخاب شدی. سپس جهان آزاد نیاز به یافتن ستون فقرات برای کمک به ایرانیان برای پایان دادن به رژیم شما دارد که کودکان را می کشد و زنان را شکنجه می کند. pic.twitter.com/iOYO2L6EcL

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 14, 2022

.@khamenei_ir Today we are going to expel you from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission. That you were ever elected to it in the first place was an abomination. Then the free world needs to find the backbone to help Iranians put an end to your child-killing, woman-torturing regime. pic.twitter.com/8NyZNG1m7R

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 14, 2022

Step 1: Remove the Islamic Regime in Iran from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission

Step 2: Remove the Islamic Regime in Iran

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 5, 2022

بتدا رژیم آیت الله را از کمیسیون حقوق زنان سازمان ملل حذف کردیم.

اکنون باید رژیم آیت الله را از ایران حذف کنیم. https://t.co/sty25pCX9D

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 23, 2022

First we removed the Ayatollah regime from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission.

Now we need to remove the Ayatollah regime from Iran.#expelAyatollah pic.twitter.com/gH6aCipF79

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 23, 2022

AXIS OF SHAME — Governments that voted No this week on the resolution expelling the Islamic Regime in Iran from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission:
🇧🇴 Bolivia
🇨🇳 China
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇴🇲 Oman
🇷🇺 Russia
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

1/2

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 17, 2022

“By expelling the Islamic regime from UN Women, the world sent a message. They joined the courageous people in Iran who cry out that the Ayatollah and his murderous mullahs are shameless—‘Bi-Sharaf!’—without honor, dignity, conscience, or morals.” My interview with @LidarGL. pic.twitter.com/7Lz37QjKmi

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 15, 2022

Today’s victory would not have been possible without the leadership of 🇨🇦 human rights activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam. Months ago she asked me about ousting the regime; I said the odds were nearly impossible. But her vision, drive and can-do spirit proved one should never give up.👏 https://t.co/CzMP3xRUYV

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 14, 2022

🇨🇦 @BobRae48 in UN debate on Iran: “Is there really nothing a state can do against its own citizens that has zero consequences for its membership in a Commission on the Status of Women?” Powerful rejoinder from a singular UN envoy who can debate off the cuff and from the heart. pic.twitter.com/bzvfac5CU8

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 14, 2022

Make no mistake: this is just the beginning. We in the free world need to sanction the killers, expel their ambassadors, designate the IRGC as a terrorist entity, and do everything we can to help Iranians put an end to this child-killing, women-torturing regime. #MahsaAmini https://t.co/ZFjnuaoP9c pic.twitter.com/opryAgK3uL

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 14, 2022

BREAKING: Russia’s procedural bid to stall the vote on expelling Iran from the U.N. Women Rights Commission has just been defeated 26 to 11. This is a good sign for the final vote to come soon!

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 14, 2022

Two days away from the vote to remove Iran’s regime from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission. Ousting a member from this body has never been attempted before in the history of the United Nations. But momentum is on our side. We are going to expel the Ayatollah. pic.twitter.com/Uw8rnSwTEH

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 13, 2022

🇬🇧 Britain confirms it will vote “the right way” on Wednesday to expel the Islamic Republic of Iran from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission, said @FCDOGovUK Minister Lord Goldsmith just now. Bravo to Lord Polak for championing the people of Iran under assault by a brutal regime. pic.twitter.com/s7NQgtHFRf

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 12, 2022

Good News: 🇫🇷 France has announced it will vote in favor of the resolution to expel the Islamic Regime in Iran from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission. We exposed this obscene election last year when all were silent. Wednesday will be the day of justice—to undo this abomination. pic.twitter.com/BsJYJrC4Pu

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 12, 2022

Any democracy or organization that claims to champion human rights yet which fails to speak out now to support the vote on Wednesday to expel this despicable regime from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission will one day be made to answer for their silence. https://t.co/6ngvh28kwM

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 12, 2022

History will record that three days before the crucial U.N. vote on a U.S. bid to expel Iran’s misogynistic regime from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission, the giant groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are still silent. Why, @AgnesCallamard @TiranaHassan?

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 11, 2022

Politico reports that many states are “wary” of voting on Wednesday to expel Iran’s Islamic regime from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission. “Some U.N. delegations, including European ones, wish there had been more consultation.” Here’s how you can help: /1https://t.co/VYEtLB0Luj

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 11, 2022

قطار ایستگاه را ترک کرد: قبل از رای گیری هفته آینده برای برکناری جمهوری اسلامی ایران از کمیسیون حقوق زنان سازمان ملل، هر مقام و دیپلمات حقوق بشر سازمان ملل در ژنو شاهد کمپین بزرگتر ما در افشای جنایات جمهوری اسلامی خواهد بود ✌️✌️✌️ pic.twitter.com/cXsTZcCW5i

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 8, 2022

Next week on December 14 will be the chance for the United Nations to undo one of the most grotesque decisions in the history of the world body. https://t.co/MQ5m4qNE6o

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 7, 2022

The train has left the station: ahead of next week’s vote to oust the Islamic Republic of Iran from the UN Women’s Rights Commission, every United Nations human rights official and diplomat in Geneva will see our larger-than-life campaign exposing IRI’s crimes. /1#ExpelAyatollah pic.twitter.com/gI2Mz6o6jl

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 7, 2022

In April, we kicked Vladimir Putin off the U.N. Human Rights Council. Now we’re about to kick his friend Ayatollah Khamenei off the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission — next Wednesday, December 14. Then we need to remove this woman-torturing and child-killing regime from the world. pic.twitter.com/oRjT286H2t

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 6, 2022

Good News: By a huge majority of 142 to 8, the House of Representatives of the Netherlands Parliament has adopted @AgnesMulderCDA‘s motion calling on the 🇳🇱 government “to make efforts within the United Nations to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women.” 🧵 pic.twitter.com/Ju9KqOyc1p

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 1, 2022

Protests in Iran

BREAKING: The Islamic Republic summarily executed the second protester, Majidreza Rahnavard in Mashhad. He was charged with “waging war against God.” We urged world leaders to act. What did they do? The Ayatollah is testing us. It’s time to recall our ambassadors & expel theirs. https://t.co/Feu156mLgf

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 12, 2022

A woman in Iran sent me this open letter to world leaders in a desperate attempt to sound the alarm about the grave danger posed by Ayatollah Khamenei to his people and to the entire world. pic.twitter.com/5jm8RYr91f

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 9, 2022

The Iran regime’s summary execution of #MohsenShekari without due process must be met with a clear, direct & forceful response by the free world—or else the lives of thousands of other detained protesters will be in peril. Expel the regime’s diplomats now. https://t.co/Dya3cZz8sb

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 8, 2022

👏🇪🇺 European Parliament VP @pinapic: “Mohsen Shekar, one of the boys arrested in the Iran protests, was hanged this morning. It is the first insane death sentence carried out on a protester in Iran. You will find us on the side of freedom, on the side of the protesters. Always.” https://t.co/oAcHp5Tvgq

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 8, 2022

History will record that the New York Times collaborated with and propagated the misinformation campaign of the Islamic Regime in Iran — the lie that they ended discrimination against women — days ahead of the critical vote to expel them from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission. https://t.co/EkYyJpTyaX

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 7, 2022

In this of all moments, @amnesty, how can you compare the plight of women in #Iran—now being beaten, blinded, arrested, imprisoned, tortured, raped and killed by their government for demanding their rights—with that of women in the United States? It is morally obscene. #بیشرف https://t.co/pnHA5YOYDT

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 2, 2022

Anti-Israel bias

2022 UN General Assembly resolutions on:
🇰🇵 North Korea 1
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 1
🇻🇪 Venezuela 0
🇲🇲 Myanmar 1
🇱🇧 Lebanon 0
🇵🇰 Pakistan 0
🏴‍☠️ Hamas 0
🇩🇿 Algeria 0
🇹🇷 Turkey 0
🇷🇺 Russia 6
🇨🇳 China 0
🇶🇦 Qatar 0
🇸🇦 Saudi 0
🇮🇱 Israel 15
🇨🇺 Cuba 0
🇸🇾 Syria 1
🇮🇶 Iraq 0
🇮🇷 Iran 1
🇺🇸 U.S. 1

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 31, 2022

If Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem today, they’d be lynched by your PLO and Hamas friends for being Jewish. https://t.co/3mVXeQee1a

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 18, 2022

Year in review and looking ahead

To reform the UN, in 2022 we spearheaded successful campaigns to remove the regimes of Vladimir Putin, Nicolás Maduro & Ayatollah Khamenei from top UN human rights bodies.

In 2023, we will work to expel the regimes ruling China, Cuba & Pakistan from the UN Human Rights Council.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 31, 2022

Putin kicked out of UNHRC ✅
Ayatollah out of UN Women ✅
Remove this murderous regime __ https://t.co/XA0RrHERds

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 14, 2022

Taliban bans in Afghanistan

Today the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan banned female students from attending universities. They already ban girls from middle and high school, restrict women from most jobs, and order them to cover head-to-toe in public. We call on the @UN_HRC to hold an urgent session. Now.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 20, 2022

Miscellaneous

I am thrilled to see serious journalism making a comeback, today under a new banner, led by the uncommon common sense of @bariweiss and her team. May God bless The Free Press. https://t.co/MeF77RLeMk pic.twitter.com/hL1Pqjfc65

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 9, 2022

The Dutch people pay tribute to their World War II liberators by lighting candles on Christmas Eve at all the war graves. At the 🇨🇦 Canadian cemetery in Groesbeek, thanks to hundreds of volunteers, a candle has been lit at each of the 2619 graves, and will stay burning tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/wLLFpUseE0

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 24, 2022

Good news: U.S. Congress passed the Masih Alinejad HUNT Act, which sanctions Iranian regime officials who target Americans and Iranian human rights activists, punishing the Islamic Republic thugs who plotted to kidnap women’s rights leader Masih Alinejad from NYC—and to kill her. https://t.co/cNNvIwKCqa pic.twitter.com/P41XG57XcR

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 24, 2022

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