7. UN Elects China, Russia, Cuba, Pakistan to Top Human Rights Body
The rights-abusing regimes of China, Cuba, Russia and Pakistan were elected to the UN’s top human rights body, raising the percentage of non-democracies on the UN human rights council from 51% to a staggering 60%.
UN Watch published a report evaluating all of the candidate countries, and filed formal protests at the United Nations—published as official UN documents—against the election of China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
UN Watch also organized an online press conference featuring top human rights dissidents who urged UN member states to oppose the candidacies of their oppressors.
UN Watch was quoted by the Associated Press, BBC News, Newsweek and other major media. Even as apologists for UN immorality sought to justify the election of abusers, UN Watch’s viral tweets dominated the global conversation.
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