Trending UN Watch tweets from June: China lashes out at UN Watch for exposing its repression of Uighur Muslims; rogue regimes dominate UN’s top human rights body; UN turns 75 years old; Turkey’s representative elected President of the U.N. General Assembly.
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China Lashes out at U.N. Watch on Exposing Repression of Uighurs
When I told the United Nations that Chinese Muslim Uighur lives matter, your regime's delegates banged on the table and tried to shut me down https://t.co/txzLkBSDLk pic.twitter.com/BqCOqXtwQg
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 3, 2020
China lashed out at me at the United Nations today for "abusing human rights" after I asked why a regime that locks up 1 million Muslims, and crushed those who tried to sound the alarm of the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, was put on the UN panel that vets human rights monitors. pic.twitter.com/lPaa1CcdG7
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 18, 2020
China’s Culture of Corruption at the U.N.
🇨🇳 31 YEARS AGO: China’s first lady Peng Liyuan serenades rifle-toting troops fresh from a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in the 1989 #TiananmenSquareMassacre.
🇺🇳 TODAY: She's a World Health Organization "Goodwill Ambassador." https://t.co/oLADUc0Bzh
Why, @DrTedros? pic.twitter.com/yknNrkTBn2
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 4, 2020
🇨🇳 China just joined the U.N. Human Rights Council panel that selects the world monitor on freedom of speech. Have a nice day. https://t.co/0uZGS2ioqi
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 15, 2020
U.N. Human Rights Council Gives Iran a Pass on “Honor” Killing
🇮🇷 14-year-old girl in Iran beheaded by own father after he first confirmed with a lawyer that under Iranian law he'd get off lightly. 30% of murders in Iran are "honor" killings of women.
🇺🇳 UNHRC reaction:
0 inquiries
0 resolutions
0 urgent sessionshttps://t.co/1Xs4NFA0Rv— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 7, 2020
Tyrannies Dominate U.N. Human Rights Council
NOT on the U.N. Human Rights Council:
🇺🇸 U.S.
🇬🇧 Britain
🇬🇭 Ghana
🇳🇴 Norway
🇨🇦 Canada
🇸🇬 Singapore
🇨🇷 Costa RicaON the U.N. Human Rights Council:
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇲🇷 Mauritania
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇱🇾 LibyaHave a nice day.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 7, 2020
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#PrideMonth #UNHRC— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 11, 2020
Anti-Racism Protesters in Paris Incite Racism
https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1271939980286472197
Hypocrisy, Selectivity, Politicization Rife at 43rd Session of U.N. Human Rights Council
BREAKING: @UN_HRC to hold Urgent Debate on “the current racially inspired human rights violations, systemic racism, police brutality & violence against peaceful protests."
Burkina Faso for African Group made the request.
Behind him is Mauritania, which has 500,000 black slaves. pic.twitter.com/j68xs6EXv3
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 15, 2020
No joke: 🇰🇵 North Korea and 🇮🇷 Iran take the floor at U.N. Human Rights Council to condemn 🇮🇱 Israel for violating human rights & international law.
Every UNHRC meeting has a special agenda item to condemn Israel. No other country in the world is singled out in this fashion. pic.twitter.com/7Ci0rQV77L
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 15, 2020
The U.N. Human Rights Council's planned resolutions this week:
🇰🇵 North Korea 1
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 0
🇻🇪 Venezuela 0
🇲🇲 Myanmar 1
🇵🇰 Pakistan 0
🇸🇴 Somalia 0
🇩🇿 Algeria 0
🇹🇷 Turkey 0
🇷🇺 Russia 0
🇨🇳 China 0
🇶🇦 Qatar 0
🇮🇱 Israel 5
🇸🇾 Syria 1
🇮🇷 Iran 1
🇮🇶 Iraq 0
🇺🇸 US 1Have a nice day.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 16, 2020
The U.N. Turns 75
75 years ago today, the UN Charter was born, promising fundamental human rights for all.
Now:
🇻🇪 Venezuela sits on the UN Human Rights Council.
🇨🇳 China sits on the UN committee for human rights NGOs.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia sits on the UN Women’s Rights Commission.Have a nice day. pic.twitter.com/DZ5y7trS6d
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 25, 2020
Turkey to Head U.N. General Assembly
No joke:
🇹🇷 Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan purged 18,000 civil servants, fired 4,000 judges, tortures journalists, occupies northern Syria & denies water to its Kurds.
🇺🇳 The U.N. just elected Turkey's representative as next President of its General Assembly. pic.twitter.com/rnVkQ9kqD3
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 18, 2020
🇹🇷 Turkey occupies north Syria, ethnic cleansing of Kurds
🇹🇷 Turkey bombs Iraq's Sinjar, haven for refugees, women, girls freed from ISIS
🇹🇷 Turkey fuels war in Libya, arming extremists who fought for ISIS
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🇺🇳 U.N. just elected Turkey's rep as President of the General Assembly— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 28, 2020
