Top Tweets August 2022

UN Watch’s Top Tweets in August 2022

Trending UN Watch tweets from August: Amnesty International silent on Rushdie stabbing attack, slammed over immoral Ukraine report; Iran plots assassinations on U.S. soil, sits on UN Women’s Rights Commission; UN Palestine Rapporteur ignores terrorist rockets.

Antisemite Exposed Running Canadian Government Anti-Racism Program

Amnesty International Silent on Rushdie Stabbing Attack

Amnesty Slammed Over Immoral Ukraine Report

Iran Plots Assassinations on U.S. Soil

Iran Sits on UN Women’s Rights Commission

UN Palestine Rapporteur Ignores Terrorist Rockets

Liking, retweeting, following: UN Watch tweets were liked and shared by thousands around the world, including by opinion leaders and celebrities such as:

  • Former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former Estonian prime minister Taavi Rõivas
  • Former UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion Ahmed Shaheed
  • Iranian women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad, Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, world chess champion Garry Kasparov, Cuban human rights activist Rosa María Payá, Saudi dissident Raif Badawi, Chinese human rights activist Teng BiaoHuman Rights Foundation
  • Congressman Adam Kinzinger, former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer
  • Former Canadian ambassador to the UN Louise Blais, senator Leo Housakos Canadian MPs Melissa Lantsman Pat Kelly
  • Members of UK House of Lords Sarah Ludford & Ian Austin, UK MP Stewart McDonald, Dutch MP Gert-Jan Segers, Irish MPs Charlie Flanagan & John Paul Phelan
  • Israeli deputy foreign minister Idan Roll, Israeli ambassador to the UN in Geneva Meirav Eilon Shahar, Israeli MK Ruth Wasserman Lande
  • Foundation for Defense of Democracies president Clifford May, CEO Mark Dubowitz & senior VP research Jonathan Schanzer, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China coordinator Luke de Pulford, Lawyers Without Borders president William GoldnadelSimon Wiesenthal Center
  • U.S. actor Joshua Malina, U.S. singer David Draiman, UK TV presenter Rachel Riley, Miss Iraq Sarah Idan, former professional baseball player & journalist Adam Housely, UK historian Simon Schama, UK author Simon Sebag Montefiore, Russian-American singer Regina Spektor

 

Many journalists also liked or shared UN Watch’s tweets, including:

  • CNN senior political analyst and anchor John Avlon, national correspondent Ed Lavandera & contributor Frida GhitisNew York Times opinion editor Meghan StackThe Dispatch editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg, National Review foreign affairs reporter James Quinn, The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, journalist Melissa Chan, commentator Charlie Sykes
  • National Post journalist Terry Glavin, Toronto Sun columnist Lorrie Goldstein, Globe & Mail columnist Andrew Coyne
  • Spectator columnist Stephen DaisleyThe Times of London assistant foreign editor Maxim Tucker
  • Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi
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