Protests in Iran
🇮🇷 Islamic Republic of Iran assault on protesters:
314 killed
5,328 injured
14,170 arrested🇺🇳 U.N. Human Rights Council reaction:
0 resolutions
0 emergency sessions
0 commission of inquiry— UN Watch (@UNWatch) November 6, 2022
⚡️ BREAKING: #Iran football team captain defies regime, backs protests: “We have to accept that conditions in our country are not right & our people are not happy. They should know that we are with them. And we support them. And we sympathize with them regarding the conditions.” pic.twitter.com/SX4kenXiTZ
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 21, 2022
.@elonmusk You bought Twitter to ensure a digital town square with healthy debate. But this murderer denies his 85 million citizens access to your platform. I propose an Elon Musk Twitter Rule No. 1: Any regime denying Twitter to its people has all its officials’ accounts closed. https://t.co/AmNwnne7Ef
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 2, 2022
BREAKING: #Iran judiciary charges dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi with spreading “corruption on Earth,” which could result in a death sentence. He recently told CBC’s @NahayatT: “You are dealing with a mafia ready to kill the entire nation, to keep its power, money and weapons.” pic.twitter.com/s2cHhEWkXu
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 27, 2022
The murderer @khamenei_ir denies his 85 million citizens access to Twitter. I propose @ElonMusk Twitter Rule No. 1: Any regime denying Twitter to its people has all its officials’ accounts closed.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 20, 2022
Special Session on Iran at UN Human Rights Council
Mossad stole my speech pic.twitter.com/dc1oRGqAMF
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 24, 2022
LIST OF SHAME: Countries who voted NO to U.N. General Assembly’s condemnation of #Iran regime human rights abuses.
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇧🇴 Bolivia
🇨🇳 China
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇮🇳 India
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇱🇧 Lebanon
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇰🇵 North Korea pic.twitter.com/yEjtxrQqgJ— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 19, 2022
BREAKING: For the first time in history the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on #Iran. We are demanding the creation of an international Commission of Inquiry, and a formal call to expel the Islamic Republic from the UN’s top women’s rights body. pic.twitter.com/ZCaybhEl5z
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 13, 2022
🇮🇷 Islamic Republic of Iran assault on protesters:
314 killed
5,328 injured
14,170 arrested🇺🇳 U.N. Human Rights Council reaction:
0 resolutions
0 emergency sessions
0 commissions of inquiry— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 6, 2022
GOOD NEWS: The UN will hold a vote on December 14 to expel the Islamic Republic of Iran from the UN Women’s Rights Commission. The US-drafted text, which condemns Tehran’s policies as “flagrantly contrary to the human rights of women,” follows a year-long campaign by UN Watch. https://t.co/YAsciwDVSI pic.twitter.com/2UCaK5WPdE
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 29, 2022
فهرست شرم: کشورهایی که به قطعنامه مجمع عمومی سازمان ملل در محکومیت نقض حقوق بشر جمهوری اسلامی رای منفی دادند.
🇦🇲 ارمنستان
🇧🇩 بنگلادش
🇧🇾 بلاروس
🇧🇴 بولیوی
🇨🇳 چین
🇨🇺 کوبا
🇪🇷 اریتره
🇮🇳 هند
🇮🇩 اندونزی
🇮🇶 عراق
🇰🇿 قزاقستان
🇱🇧 لبنان
🇳🇮 نیکاراگوئه
🇰🇵 کره شمالی#بیشرف pic.twitter.com/kjuyzyKket— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 19, 2022
Tyrants on UNHRC
For God’s sake, China cannot remain on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 28, 2022
This year, tyrants in China, Iran and Russia live in fear. https://t.co/sD4kSM8ER8
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 27, 2022
Protests in China
This courageous man stood in front of a shopping mall in #Shanghai holding a sheet of paper on which was written “You know what I want to say.” He was taken away by the police. pic.twitter.com/oxI4iuqLjT
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) November 27, 2022
Liking, retweeting, following: UN Watch tweets were liked and shared by thousands around the world, including by opinion leaders and celebrities such as:
- Iranian women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad, Cuban human rights activist Rosa María Payá, Saudi dissident Raif Badawi, Zimbabwean pro-democracy activist Pastor Evan Mawarire, Russian dissidents and pro-democracy activists Vladimir and Evgenia Kara-Murza, Activist Ensaf Haidar, Venezuelan human rights activist Rodrigo Diamanti, Iranian activists Nariman Gharib and Ahmad Batebi, Burmese activist Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, Iranian actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi
- Former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley
- Ukrainian ambassador to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya
- Former Canadian ambassador to the UN Louise Blais, Canadian senator Leo Housakos
- Dutch MP Gert-Jan Segers, Members of the European Parliament Hannah Neumann and Pierre Larrouturou, Canadian MPs Ali Ehsassi, Anthony Housefather & Melissa Lantsman, Swedish MP Ardalan Shekarabi, former Members of the European Parliament Bas Belder & Beatriz Becerra,
- British member of the House of Lords Sarah Ludford, Mexican diplomat Martha Bárcena, US congressman Ritchie Torres, Venezuelan political party Vente Venezuela, Canadian politician Catherine McKenna, German politician Volker Beck, German politician Sawsan Chebli
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies CEO Mark Dubowitz, United Against Nuclear Iran Policy Director Jason Brodsky, Raoul Wallenburg Centre for Human Rights Founder Irwin Cotler
- Author and columnist Tavleen Singh, WatchYalla’s Hayvi Bouzo, Iranian-American historian Dr. Nina Ansary, Nicaraguan activist Berta Valle
- NYU professor Nouriel Roubini, Historian William Dalrymple, Author Rahul Easwa
- Miss Iraq Sarah Idan, media personalities Sophia Aram, Nicole Arbour, Maz Jobrani & Hal Sparks, actress Tala Ashe, Pianist Gabriela Montero, philosopher Raphaël Enthoven, sports commentator Marc Zumoff, American philosopher Peter Boghossian, Brazilian Olympic volleyball player Luis Felipe Fonteles, British actor Omid Djalili
Many journalists also liked or shared UN Watch’s tweets, including:
- CNN anchor Jake Tapper, New York Times investigative reporter Mike Forsythe, The Atlantic CEO Nick Thompson and writer Anne Applebaum, BBC reporter Shayan Sardarizadeh, China correspondent Stephen McDonell, & senior journalist Ali Hamedani, Axios senior political correspondent Josh Kraushaar, Director of The Huffington Post Italy Mattia Feltri
- Politico reporter Carla Marinucci, Iranian journalist Fardad Farahzad, Voice of America producer Saman Arbabi, Investigative journalist Jordan Schachtel, American journalist Yashar Ali, The Dispatch senior editor David French, Ukrainian journalist Olga Tokariuk, Colombian journalist Félix de Bedout
- Toronto Sun columnists Lorrie Goldstein, Brian Lilley, & Tarek Fatah
- Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi, New York Post reporter Jon Levine
- CBC News host Natasha Fatah, Reuters reporter Roz Warren, Guardian columnists Van Badham, Sid Lowe & Owen Jones, Talking Points Memo investigative reporter Hunter Walker, La Presse columnist Patrick Lagacé
- The Jerusalem Post contributing editor Lahav Harkov and correspondent Seth Frantzman, Iran International host Sima Sabet
- The New European columnist James Ball, The Hindu political editor Nistula Hebbar
