Trending UN Watch tweets from this past week: U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell and German MEP Alexander Lambsdorff call out UN human rights hypocrisy, citing UN Watch analysis; BDS lawyer Simone O’Broin is arrested for racist rant against Indians on Air India flight; the UK denies asylum to Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi, who for years sat on death row for unfounded charges of blasphemy, though it hosts Iranian ex-minister Ataollah Mohajerani who called for the murder of novelist Salman Rushdie; and UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer slams British MP Emily Thornberry for whitewashing UNESCO’s record of abuse.
Condemnations to be adopted today & over next month at UN General Assembly:
🇮🇱 Israel 20
🇮🇷 Iran 1
🇸🇾 Syria 1
🇰🇵 NKorea 1
🇷🇺 Crimea 1
🇲🇲 Myanmar 1
🇺🇸 US 1
🇩🇿 Algeria 0
🇨🇳 China 0
🇮🇶 Iraq 0
🇵🇰 Pakistan 0
🇶🇦 Qatar 0
🇸🇦 Saudi 0
🇸🇴 Somalia 0
🇹🇷 Turkey 0
🇻🇪 Venezuela 0
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 0— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1063706248586113029
Wer verstehen will, warum die #VereintenNationen in Sachen #Israel und #Nahost so wenig Gehör finden, kann das in der Statistik unten ⬇️ erkennen. Die #UNO ist vollkommen einseitig gegen Israel voreingenommen und nimmt sich damit quasi selber aus dem Spiel. https://t.co/9S3KbFMcCN
— Alexander Lambsdorff (@Lambsdorff) November 16, 2018
Simone O'Broin, former @BADIL_Center lawyer who accuses Israel of genocide, arrested for drunken rant on Air India flight after they denied her more alcohol. "I'm a leader of the f***ing boycott movement! If I say 'Boycot f***ing Air India'—done!" https://t.co/ghSx0Nvg8B
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 15, 2018
UK gives sanctuary to Iranian minister who called to murder UK author Salman Rushdie, yet won't take in persecuted Pakistani Christian woman—who suffered 8 years on death row for blasphemy, her life now threatened by the mob—due to "community relations." https://t.co/f55fW0aHab
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 17, 2018
Your article defending UNESCO omits key facts:
1. In 2013, UNESCO enshrined “The Life & Works of Ernesto Che Guevara”—even though he led firing squads. President Obama’s rep urged UNESCO to “not be used as a tool to glorify & legitimize violence.” But UNESCO ignored Obama's plea. pic.twitter.com/98J7YLCQOc— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 14, 2018
