Trending UN Watch tweets from this past week: UN Watch discovers that the UN Women’s Rights Commission appoints Iran to judge complaints of women’s rights violations; U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) applauds UN Watch’s work advocating for jailed Cuban activist Eduardo Cardet; and UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer exposes the UN Human Rights Council’s anti-Israeli bias as the body is silent on rockets fired from Gaza toward Tel Aviv.
UN Watch’s breaking news on Iran’s absurd appointment was shared by thousands around the world, including by opinion leaders such as Richard Grenell, US Ambassador to Germany; Jake Tapper, leading CNN correspondent; Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Swedish Member of European Parliament; Bas Belder, Dutch Member of European Parliament; Jonah Goldberg, Editor at the National Review; Antje Schippmann, BILD correspondent; Frida Ghitis, CNN And Washington Post Contributor; Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC News Correspondent; Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; Rita Panahi, Iranian-Australian journalist; Camelia Entekhabitfard, Iranian journalist; Ben Shapiro, top conservative commentator; Robbie Gramer, reporter at Foreign Policy; and Inna Shevchenko, international women’s rights activist.
No joke: the Islamic Republic of #Iran was just appointed to the @UN_Women's rights committee that judges complaints of women's rights violations.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 13, 2019
Yes, a day after the regime sentenced women's rights lawyer Nasrin Sotudeh to 38 years prison & 148 lashes. https://t.co/PPe20erKgV pic.twitter.com/c6bebPqy8j
UN Women's Rights Commission (@UN_CSW) is now in session.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 12, 2019
Members include:
🇮🇷 Islamic Republic of Iran
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇶🇦 Qatar…
And guess which 1 country they'll be condemning next week for violating #WomenRights?
Political prisoner Dr. Eduardo Cardet, leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, has been unjustly jailed by #Cuba’s dictatorship since 2016. Happy to see NGO @UNWatch shine light on his case and demanding for his immediate release. #FreeCardet https://t.co/L1XL1TtGZV
— Senator Marco Rubio (@SenMarcoRubio) March 17, 2019
Silence here at the UN Human Rights Council tonight after Palestinian rockets from Gaza attacked Tel Aviv.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 14, 2019
They're carefully saving their voice and moral outrage for when Israel responds. pic.twitter.com/Eb8LpvNmMz
TODAY: Hamas in Gaza shoots own people for 3rd day, chasing protesters through streets of Dir al-Balah, Khan Yunis & Jabalya, beating, arresting demonstrators, journalists, human rights activists.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) March 16, 2019
MONDAY: @UN_HRC to condemn only Israel, for entire day. In 7 reports.#EndItem7 pic.twitter.com/H8f8PfxyLt
