Trending UN Watch tweets from February 2020 put a spotlight on Indonesia’s use of flogging to punish women violating Islam; Saudi Arabia as a sitting member of the UN Women Executive Board; countries with laws that kill gays and also serve on the UN Human Rights Council; the world’s greatest human rights abusers as members of the Human Rights Council; and China pressuring Denmark to remove a sculpture honoring Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters.
Indonesia Flogs Women for Violating Islam
🇮🇩 Indonesia—newest member of U.N. Human Rights Council—introduces female flogging squad to punish women for violating Islam; they just whipped an unmarried woman caught in hotel room with a man.
We opposed Indonesia’s election; @kenroth @hrw refused to.https://t.co/48ulvQA8O8
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 7, 2020
Saudi Arabia on the UN Women Executive Board
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oppose 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia sitting on @UN_Women board. https://t.co/0FHlWn73cy— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 11, 2020
Countries with Laws that Kill Gays and Service on the UNHRC
These countries' laws call to kill gays:
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇲🇷 Mauritania
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇶🇦 QatarThese countries sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council:
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇲🇷 Mauritania
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇶🇦 Qatar#hrc43 pic.twitter.com/weW5BUtsEl— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 12, 2020
Listing 2020 Members of the UNHRC
I trust the 2020 members of the UN Human Rights Council:
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇲🇷 Mauritania
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇲 Cameroon
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇱🇾 Libya
…— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) February 12, 2020
China Pressures Denmark to Remove Sculpture Honoring Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protesters
China pressures Denmark to remove art sculpture outside parliament in Copenhagen that depicts Hong Kong protesters, calling it a "site of conflict."
Why is China on the UN committee overseeing human rights NGOs?
https://t.co/Eb4arsn1VG— UN Watch (@UNWatch) February 13, 2020
