Trending UN Watch tweets from December 2019 put a global spotlight on the UN Human Rights Council’s inaction on Iran’s massacre of anti-government protesters; the UN General Assembly’s singling out of Israel; Mauritania’s election to the Human Rights Council despite having 500,000 slaves; and countries that persecute gays and yet which serve on the UNHRC.
UN Watch tweets of the month also included Ambassador Nikki Haley’s keynote address at UN Watch’s Inaugural New York Gala Dinner; UN Watch’s campaign to expel Venezuela from the UNHC; Pakistan’s sentencing of academic Junaid Hafeez to death for blasphemy; China’s retaliation against an Arsenal player for his condemnation of the mass detention of Uighur Muslims; and exposing Ken Roth of Human Rights Watch for obsessively targeting Israel.
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UNHRC Silent on Iran’s Massacre of Protesters
🇮🇷 Iran protests:
450 killed by regime
2,000 injured by regime
7,000 detained by regime🇺🇳 U.N. Human Rights Council reaction:
0 resolutions
0 emergency sessions
0 commissions of inquiryWhy, @mbachelet?https://t.co/ZLyTn6akHN
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 2, 2019
SICK: Islamic Republic of Iran security forces arrest mourners at the Karaj cemetery, outside of Tehran, for the crimes of attempting to commemorate those killed in recent protests. @MBachelet, why do you refuse to call for an emergency session of the U.N. Human Rights Council? pic.twitter.com/C3sVYS74z0
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 26, 2019
UN General Assembly Singles Out Israel
List of U.N. General Assembly resolutions to be adopted tomorrow:
🇰🇵 North Korea 0
🇻🇪 Venezuela 0
🇲🇲 Myanmar 0
🇱🇧 Lebanon 0
🇵🇰 Pakistan 0
🏴☠️ Hamas 0
🇩🇿 Algeria 0
🇹🇷 Turkey 0
🇷🇺 Russia 0
🇨🇳 China 0
🇶🇦 Qatar 0
🇸🇦 Saudi 0
🇮🇱 Israel 5
🇸🇾 Syria 0
🇮🇶 Iraq 0
🇮🇷 Iran 0Have a nice day.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 2, 2019
List of 2019 UN General Assembly resolutions on countries:
🇰🇵 North Korea 1
🇻🇪 Venezuela 0
🇲🇲 Myanmar 1
🇱🇧 Lebanon 0
🇵🇰 Pakistan 0
🏴☠️ Hamas 0
🇩🇿 Algeria 0
🇹🇷 Turkey 0
🇷🇺 Russia 2
🇨🇳 China 0
🇶🇦 Qatar 0
🇸🇦 Saudi 0
🇮🇱 Israel 18
🇸🇾 Syria 1
🇮🇶 Iraq 0
🇮🇷 Iran 1
🇺🇸 US 1Happy New Year
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 27, 2019
Mauritania’s Election to UNHRC Despite Having 500,000 Slaves
.@UN You just elected Mauritania, which enslaves 500,000 people, to your highest human rights body. https://t.co/nItUgKhCcr
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 2, 2019
UNHRC Member States That Kill Gays
La homosexualidad se pena con la muerte en estos países:
🇸🇦 Arabia Saudí
🇦🇫 Afganistán
🇵🇰 Pakistán
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇶🇦 CatarEstos países están en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU:
🇸🇦 Arabia Saudí
🇦🇫 Afganistán
🇵🇰 Pakistán
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇶🇦 Catar— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 8, 2019
Ambassador Nikki Haley Addresses UN Watch Inaugural New York Gala
BREAKING: Ambassador Nikki Haley calls out 🇨🇦 Canada's U.N. "deal with the devil." In bid for UN Security Council seat, the Trudeau government "surprised Israel’s friends by voting for a North Korean resolution that challenges the legitimacy of Israel." (UN Watch NY Gala, Dec. 5) pic.twitter.com/SeOQvxgVvv
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) December 6, 2019
Thank you, @NikkiHaley, for delivering the keynote speech at UN Watch's Inaugural New York Gala Dinner, and for accepting our 2019 Eleanor Roosevelt Award. I wish all U.N. ambassadors follow your model of courageously speaking out for freedom, democracy, fairness & human rights. pic.twitter.com/c7IpZft5C0
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 8, 2019
.@NikkiHaley: "If we are serious about being advocates of human rights, Venezuela’s membership on the Human Rights Council cannot stand. Please support @Diego_Arria in this effort. Make your voice heard."
Sign the petition to remove 🇻🇪 from the UNHRC: https://t.co/OvpyszptDJ pic.twitter.com/GMkqF7hDEs
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) December 9, 2019
"There was a group of Venezuelans protesting outside the UN. Ambassador Haley came with a megaphone. I've never seen an ambassador do anything of that sort. So Ambassador Haley was very special for us. We are very grateful for what she did for the cause of freedom in my country." pic.twitter.com/LpdCxeGEFP
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 9, 2019
Pakistan’s Sentences 33-year-old Literature Professor to Death for ‘Blasphemy’
At least 6 countries administer the death sentence for blasphemy.
🇺🇳 5 out of those 6 serve on the U.N. Human Rights Council, or will be joining next week:
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇲🇷 Mauritania
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇳🇬 NigeriaHave a nice day.https://t.co/1MopemPeor
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 21, 2019
Expel Maduro
One week from tomorrow, a man who destroyed his country, starved his people & crushed dissidents will join the U.N.'s highest human rights body.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, @UNHumanRights. pic.twitter.com/xeGGmujVpM
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 24, 2019
On Jan. 1, a narco-criminal who starved his own people, crushed dissidents & destroyed his country will join the U.N.'s highest human rights body.
98,242 people have signed our demand for his expulsion.
Sign now to help us reach 100,000 before Wednesday: https://t.co/hprLouaJ7K
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 27, 2019
China Persecutes Uighur Muslims
China retaliates against soccer player who criticized treatment of Uighur Muslims by removing him from Chinese computer games.
Why is China a member of the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council?
https://t.co/c2J1UWGj7h— UN Watch (@UNWatch) December 23, 2019
Ken Roth’s “Illegal” Obsession
Accused by @KenRoth of "illegal" actions in past 2 months:
🇰🇵 North Korea 0
🇻🇪 Venezuela 0
🇮🇩 Indonesia 1
🇲🇲 Myanmar 0
🇱🇧 Lebanon 1
🇵🇰 Pakistan 0
🏴☠️ Hamas 0
🇧🇴 Bolivia 1
🇹🇷 Turkey 1
🇷🇺 Russia 0
🇨🇳 China 0
🇸🇦 Saudi 0
🇮🇱 Israel 50
🇧🇷 Brazil 2
🇸🇾 Syria 0
🇮🇶 Iraq 0
🇮🇷 Iran 0
🇺🇸 US 1— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 29, 2019
