Trending UN Watch tweets from September: Pakistan PM Imran Khan shills for the Taliban; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and The Squad oppose funding the Iron Dome; Taliban ask to address the United Nations; Iranian cleric condones rape — and more.
In the end, a Taliban spokesman did address the U.N. General Assembly. pic.twitter.com/b2CRH0yavk
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 29, 2021
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oppose pro-Taliban 🇵🇰 Pakistan sitting on the U.N. Human Rights Council. https://t.co/ise9Sf6NoB— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 29, 2021
🇵🇰 Pakistan, patron of the Taliban, sits on the U.N. Human Rights Council and is one of its most influential members. That's the whole tweet.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 2, 2021
Thank you, @ImranKhanPTI, for telling us about how the Taliban will "respect human rights."
When you speak of "a win-win situation for everyone," I think you mean a win for the Taliban and a win for Pakistan — and suffering, oppression and abuse for the people of Afghanistan.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 29, 2021
https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1441885486830608386?s=20
.@aoc And this is from Ha’aretz, Israel’s most left-wing newspaper. https://t.co/yLlfQu9gQC
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 23, 2021
It's official: the Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the U.N. this week and nominated Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s U.N. ambassador.
If the Taliban win recognition, they inherit Afghanistan's seat on the U.N. Women's Rights Commission.https://t.co/kcxqcwY5zh
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 21, 2021
No joke: U.N. Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths meets Taliban chief Mullah Baradar in Kabul, the terrorist group's highest-level meeting with an international figure.
If the Taliban win U.N. recognition, they inherit the Afghan seat on the U.N. Women's Rights Commission. https://t.co/oT3xzGEKir pic.twitter.com/548O4usQzw
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 5, 2021
BREAKING: Taliban spokesman is now presenting himself as “Permanent Representative to the United Nations.”
Under UN rules, only ambassadors with official accreditation—which the Taliban requested but haven’t yet received—can use that title.@antonioguterres, will you speak out? pic.twitter.com/gegdV5nedm
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 28, 2021
Free Afghanistan from the Taliban.
Free Lebanon from Hezbollah.
Free Venezuela from Maduro.
Free Cuba from the Castros.
Free Iran from the Mullahs.
Free Gaza from Hamas.
Free Syria from Assad.
Free China from Xi.— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 29, 2021
“The moment she becomes your hostage, you can take her home as your slave.”
Broadcast on Iranian regime state TV.
The same Iranian regime that was recently elected to the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission. https://t.co/Z5P3s7f9rU
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 2, 2021
Next month, the U.N. will hold elections to its Human Rights Council.
Members today include:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇷🇺 Russia
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇨🇳 China
🇱🇾 Libya
🇨🇺 CubaJoining soon:
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇰🇿 KazakhstanI wish I were making this up. I'm not. This is real.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 19, 2021
UNHRC Condemnations, 2006-21:
0—🇨🇺 Cuba
0—🇸🇦 Saudi
0—🇶🇦 Qatar
0—🇨🇳 China
0—🇹🇷 Turkey
0—🏴☠️ Taliban
0—🇸🇴 Somalia
0—🇵🇰 Pakistan
0—🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
2—🇻🇪 Venezuela
10—🇪🇷 Eritrea
11—🇮🇷 Iran
12—🇧🇾 Belarus
14—🇰🇵 North Korea
25—🇲🇲 Myanmar
36—🇸🇾 Syria
95—🇮🇱 Israel— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) September 5, 2021
Liking, retweeting, following: UN Watch tweets were liked and shared by thousands around the world, including by opinion leaders and celebrities such as:
- UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion Ahmed Shaheed
- Former UN Security Council President Diego Arria
- Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado, Pakistani human rights activist Gulalai Ismail, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission chairperson Shaharzad Akbar, world chess champion Garry Kasparov, Iranian women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad, Turkish fashion designer & activist Barbaros Sansal, Hong Kong human rights activist Denise Ho
- Afghanistan’s former UN ambassador Mahmoud Saikal
- Canadian senators Leo Housakos & Pamela Wallin
- Member of UK House of Lords Ian Austin, UK MP Nus Ghani
- Swedish MEP David Lega, Dutch MEP Peter van Dalen, German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer
- U.S. actor Mark Pellegrino, UK TV presenter Rachel Riley, Belgian bicycle racer Philippe Gilbert
Many journalists also liked or shared UN Watch’s tweets, including:
- The Dispatch editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg, The Atlantic senior editor David Frum, Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake