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As Jews around the world commemorated <a href="https://jewishunpacked.com/what-is-yom-hashoah-holocaust-remembrance-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yom Hashoah</a> (Holocaust Remembrance Day) last week, 100+ organizations signed onto a Human Rights Watch <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/04/human-rights-and-other-civil-society-groups-urge-united-nations-respect-human" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> asking the United Nations not to use the most accepted definition of anti-Semitism, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) <a href="https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definitions-charters/working-definition-antisemitism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">definition</a>, as part of its efforts to make sure that Never Again isn’t just an empty phrase. 
In the international theater of the absurd in which words have little meaning and terrorist organizations (including <a href="https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/ngo-campaign-against-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several</a> of the signatories) are free to brand themselves as “human rights” groups, HRW urged the U.N. to a) fight against “anti-Semitism,” but then b) let anti-Semites have the final say in defining what “anti-Semitism” means.
The absurdity of allowing HRW to set policy around this issue is borne out by their own <a href="https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/hrw-antisemitism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sins</a> of both commission and omission: HRW has <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/does-human-rights-watchs-kenneth-roth-understand-the-nature-of-prejudice/380556/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blamed</a> anti-Semitic attacks in the <a href="https://www.ngo-monitor.org/nm/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Roth1.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.K</a>. and in <a href="https://www.ngo-monitor.org/nm/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Roth2.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Germany</a> on Israel (instead of anti-Semites,); referred to Jewish law as “<a href="https://www.nysun.com/article/editorials-roths-false-god" target="_blank" rel="noopener">primitive</a>”; defended <a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2014/07/hrws-definition-of-human-shields.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">war crimes</a> committed by terrorists; and expressed <a href="https://twitter.com/GeraldNGOM/status/996386017279135744" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismay</a> that Israel has not suffered more casualties as it defends itself.  In terms of its tracking “expertise,” as NGO Monitor <a href="https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/hrw-antisemitism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents</a>, HRW has a firm corporate policy of ignoring the phenomenon. For example, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2022/01/World%20Report%202022%20web%20pdf_0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">their 2022 World Report </a>does not even mention anti-Semitism in the United States, despite the highest ever reported number of incidents. 
Charitably, if HRW understood what anti-Semitism is, they might be in a better position to offer advice on how best to monitor it- or at the very least stop engaging in it themselves. Practically, the letter is wrong on almost every aspect of the IHRA definition. To set the record straight:
The definition was developed because Jew-hatred was on the rise, and authorities were having a hard time recognizing its many forms. As IHRA’s authors have made <a href="https://engageonline.wordpress.com/2021/01/20/ken-stern-isnt-the-only-author-the-ihra-working-definition-of-antisemitism/?fbclid=IwAR0rH9g4sP7x5Qqtzwr853VCxfMWEggVJm0nRypmTgdlGi057WjvYdOSuw4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clear</a>, it was designed for those who need to know what anti-Semitism is, including “those in authority who are responsible for identifying and responding to anti-Semitic hate crimes and other anti-Semitic events.” While it is true that the American Bar Association, which does not monitor anti-Semitism as part of its mission, recently issued a statement condemning anti-Jewish discrimination without referencing the definition, that is irrelevant to the U.N., whose Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief has endorsed IHRA, both in his <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/report-combating-antisemitism-eliminate-discrimination-and-intolerance-based" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> to the Human Rights Council about rising rates of anti-Jewish incidents, and in his subsequent recommendation for a U.N. <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/ActionPlanChanges-May2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">action plan</a> to fight anti-Semitism.
HRW’s pushback comes because the definition includes some useful examples of discriminatory anti-Israel acts that can sometimes cross the line into anti-Semitism. They are ostensibly concerned about the silencing of speech critical of Israel, but offer no concrete allegation of exactly how the U.N. adopting this definition could, in any way, limit anyone’s speech. U.N. officials routinely make vile anti-Semitic <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-congress-members-call-on-un-leadership-to-remove-antisemitic-official/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> which include using Holocaust inversion, supporting the killing of innocent Jewish children, accusing the “Jewish lobby” of controlling the world, and, like HRW, <a href="https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/02/13/more-outrageous-un-anti-semitism-high-level-official-says-israel-to-blame-for-palestinians-murdering-jews/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">justifying</a> anti-Semitic violence. Apparently, HRW believes that the only societal norm these people would respect would be a U.N. statement condemning anti-Semitic double standards. Demonstrably, however this is not the case: Not <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/ban-kimoon-united-nations-disproportionate-israel-focus-resolutions-palestinians-human-rights-danny-danon-a7481961.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one</a> but <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-chief-vows-to-stand-up-against-anti-israel-bias-anti-semitism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two</a> U.N. secretary generals have already called out the organization’s systemic bias against the Jewish State, and not a blessed thing has changed. Everyone remains perfectly free to say whatever they want, however abhorrent, about Jews and/or Israel. That doesn’t mean the U.N. should not label things correctly.  
The letter is also wrong about what the examples say. HRW cites two examples to make its point that IHRA can be used “as a blunt instrument to label anyone an anti-Semite.” Those examples are:
<blockquote>“denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination; e.g. by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour” and
“applying double standards by requiring of [Israel] a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.”</blockquote>
In discussing the first example, the letter openly confuses calling the entire existence of the State of Israel itself a “racist endeavor” i.e. a form of the “Zionism is racism” trope that the U.N. officially revoked, with criticism of particular Israeli government policies or practices. 
In discussing the second, they minimize the explicit caveat in the IHRA definition that the examples given “could, taking into account the overall context,” be anti-Semitic. Of course, in any given instance there might be legitimate, non-anti-Semitic reasons why a person or group wants to single out only the Jewish state for different treatment. But there are definitely times when there are not.
IHRA should be adopted because it accurately captures the essence of anti-Semitism. It also draws strength from the unprecedented reality that the vast majority of Jewish people agree that it best encapsulates their shared lived experience of how anti-Semitism manifests. Of course, Jews are not monolithic and there are tiny fringe groups who oppose the definition. But that does not mean that there is no consensus around it, as the letter falsely implies. The citation to the ‘alternative’ definitions proves the point: Since 2016 over 1,100 entities have adopted the IHRA definition, while none have adopted either the Nexus or JDA definitions. 1,100-0 really is more than just consensus — it is a mandate.
If HRW and its allies are really concerned about IHRA’s misuse, they should direct their time and energy towards understanding what the definition actually says, rather than trying to ignorantly and dangerously undermine a near-universal understanding that is finally raising awareness of the problem’s many manifestations. Anti-Semites should not get a say in defining anti-Semitism, and the U.N. should not shy away from the gold-standard definition to make the perpetrators of anti-Jewish hate feel more comfortable.
Dr. Mark Goldfeder, Esq. is the CEO and Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, Inc. He is also the Senior Partner with Gideon Law Group, LLC. Previously, he served as the founding Editor of the Cambridge University Press Series on Law and Judaism, a Trustee of the Center for Israel Education, and as an adviser to the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Why The Definition Of Anti-Semitism Does Not Belong In The Hands Of Israel’s Enemies

Why The Definition Of Anti-Semitism Does Not Belong In The Hands Of Israel's Enemies

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On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council. The vote was held during a session in New York, and comes in response to growing condemnation of alleged war crimes by Russian forces in Ukraine.
“Russia’s rights of membership in the UN Human Rights Council has just been suspended,” Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, <a href="https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1512095879037169665">responded</a>. “War criminals have no place in UN bodies aimed at protecting human rights. Grateful to all member states which supported the relevant UNGA resolution and chose the right side of history.”
Of the 175 votes cast, 93 were in favor, while 24 were against. There were 58 abstentions. Two-thirds of the body (excluding abstentions) were required to vote in favor in order for the suspension to be successful.
Among those countries that voted against Russia’s suspension was Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, China, Congo, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Kazakhstan, Syria, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe, as well as Russia. Notable abstentions included India, Mexico, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Suspensions from the United Nations Human Rights Council are rare, with the only other example of a sitting member being suspended being Libya in 2011, following violence against protesters by Gaddafi’s forces. 
The adopted resolution <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/un-vote-suspending-russia-human-rights-council-over-ukraine-2022-04-07/?taid=624e7e0de5704a0001750d07&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter">expresses</a> &#8220;grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.” 
On Monday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russias-participation-a-farce-u-s-calls-for-russia-to-be-kicked-out-of-u-n-human-rights-council">announced</a> that the United States will seek Russia’s removal from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following its brutal invasion of Ukraine.
“I am returning to New York to do two things. One: I will take this to the Security Council tomorrow morning and address Russia’s actions directly,” Thomas-Greenfield <a href="https://twitter.com/USUNSpox/status/1510952803895681028">said</a>, according to a spokesperson. “Two: In close coordination with Ukraine, European countries and other partners at the UN, we are going to seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council.”
“Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce. It hurts the credibility of the Council and the UN writ large. And it is wrong, which is why we believe it is time the UN General Assembly vote to suspend them,” Thomas-Greenfield <a href="https://twitter.com/USUNSpox/status/1510952805611106305">added</a>.
“Pushing Russia off of the Human Rights Council is the right move. It should be easy for every single country to support this,” former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1510983136225775623">tweeted</a> in response. “As long as Russia sits on the council with China and Venezuela, it remains a joke and a disgrace to human rights.”
Ian Haworth is a writer for The Daily Wire and contributor to Morning Wire. Follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/ighaworth">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ighaworth">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/IanGHaworth">YouTube</a>.

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On Monday, the United States&#8217; Ambassador to the United Nations called for Russia to be removed from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
“I am returning to New York to do two things. One: I will take this to the Security Council tomorrow morning and address Russia’s actions directly,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield <a href="https://twitter.com/USUNSpox/status/1510952803895681028">said</a>, according to a spokesperson. “Two: In close coordination with Ukraine, European countries and other partners at the UN, we are going to seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council.”
“Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce. It hurts the credibility of the Council and the UN writ large. And it is wrong, which is why we believe it is time the UN General Assembly vote to suspend them,” Thomas-Greenfield <a href="https://twitter.com/USUNSpox/status/1510952805611106305">added</a>.
This announcement was commended by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. 
“Pushing Russia off of the Human Rights Council is the right move. It should be easy for every single country to support this,” Haley <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1510983136225775623">tweeted</a>. “As long as Russia sits on the council with China and Venezuela, it remains a joke and a disgrace to human rights.”
Liz Truss, the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, also echoed the call to remove Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. 
“Given strong evidence of war crimes, including reports of mass graves and heinous butchery in Bucha, Russia cannot remain a member of the UN Human Rights Council,” Truss <a href="https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1510991144179671047">responded</a>. “Russia must be suspended.”
&#8220;After these appalling crimes, Russia has no place on the Human Rights Council,” Truss <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1511016108861628420">said</a> during a press conference.
As Haley noted, the UN Human Rights Council is populated by several countries with appalling human rights records. In addition to Russia, China, and Venezuela, other current members include Cuba, India, Kazakhstan, Libya, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates.
Former members include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Congo, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Uganda.
“The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe,” the organization <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/home">explains</a>. “It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva.”
“With membership on the Council comes a responsibility to uphold high human rights standards,” the council claims.
The United Nations Human Rights Council was first established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2006, and replaced the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Ian Haworth is a writer for The Daily Wire and contributor to Morning Wire. Follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/ighaworth">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ighaworth">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/IanGHaworth">YouTube</a>.

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United Nations Council ‘A Joke And A Disgrace To Human Rights’: U.S. Call To Remove Russia Celebrated

On Monday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, announced that the United States will seek Russia’s removal from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following its brutal invasion of Ukraine.
“I am returning to New York to do two things. One: I will take this to the Security Council tomorrow morning and address Russia’s actions directly,” Thomas-Greenfield <a href="https://twitter.com/USUNSpox/status/1510952803895681028">said</a>, according to a spokesperson. “Two: In close coordination with Ukraine, European countries and other partners at the UN, we are going to seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council.”
“Russia’s participation on the Human Rights Council is a farce. It hurts the credibility of the Council and the UN writ large. And it is wrong, which is why we believe it is time the UN General Assembly vote to suspend them,” Thomas-Greenfield <a href="https://twitter.com/USUNSpox/status/1510952805611106305">added</a>.
In order to suspend Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council, two-thirds of the body’s 193 members would need to vote in favor. Last month, 141 countries <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/un-votes-to-condemn-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-china-abstains-from-vote-russian-allies-vote-no">voted</a> in favor of a resolution which demanded that Putin’s Russian Federation immediately “cease its use of force against Ukraine and withdraw its military forces.”
“At every step of the way, Russia has betrayed the United Nations. Russia’s actions go against everything this body stands for,” U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield <a href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1499057540721790981">said</a> at the time.
“This is an extraordinary moment,” Thomas-Greenfield <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/un-general-assembly-set-censure-russia-over-ukraine-invasion-2022-03-02/">continued</a>. “Now, at more than any other point in recent history, the United Nations is being challenged.”
“Vote yes if you believe UN member states – including your own – have a right to sovereignty and territorial integrity. Vote yes if you believe Russia should be held to account for its actions,” she added.
Only five countries voted against the resolution (Belarus, North Korea, Eritrea, Russia and Syria), while 34 countries abstained (including China, India, and Pakistan).
“The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of 47 States responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe,” the organization <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/home">explains</a>. “It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva.”
“With membership on the Council comes a responsibility to uphold high human rights standards,” the council notes.
In addition to Russia, other seemingly ironic members of the United Nations Human Rights Council include China, Cuba, India, Kazakhstan, Libya, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
Ian Haworth is a writer for The Daily Wire and contributor to Morning Wire. Follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/ighaworth">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ighaworth">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/IanGHaworth">YouTube</a>.

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Russia’s Participation A ‘Farce’: U.S. Calls For Russia To Be Kicked Out Of U.N. Human Rights Council

Human rights activist and international attorney Hillel Neuer shared a thread Tuesday naming the ten worst regimes — as well as their offenses — that will have a seat in 2022 as part of the United Nations&#8217; powerful Human Rights Council.
&#8220;Happy New Year,&#8221; Neuer tweeted with a list ranking the &#8220;top ten worst&#8221; regimes (beginning with number 10) as follows:
<ul>
<li>10: Pakistan</li>
<li>9: Mauritania</li>
<li>8: Qatar</li>
<li>7: Somalia</li>
<li>6: Russia</li>
<li>5: Libya</li>
<li>4: Cuba</li>
<li>3: Eritrea</li>
<li>2: Venezuela</li>
<li>1: China</li>
</ul>
Neuer followed the list with a series of details that he argued ought to bar them from a seat on the council that is tasked with &#8220;strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/human-rights-watch-accuses-ioc-of-collaboration-with-chinese-authorities-in-video-call-with-tennis-star/">human rights violations</a>,&#8221; namely because in many cases, they stand accused of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/msnbc-producer-slammed-over-remark-about-chinas-human-rights-abuses-you-absolute-clown/">egregious violations</a> of the same.
According to the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/pages/aboutcouncil.aspx">organization&#8217;s website</a>:
<blockquote>The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them. It has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva.</blockquote>
Neuer began with 10th-ranked Pakistan, listing the nation&#8217;s &#8220;credentials&#8221; as follows: &#8220;Persecutes Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Shias, Ahmadis; sponsors terror groups Afghan Taliban, HQN, LeT, JeM; backs Chinese genocide of Muslim Uighurs; abducts journalists.&#8221;
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#10: 🇵🇰 Pakistan<a href="https://twitter.com/UN_HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN_HRC</a> Credentials: Persecutes Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Shias, Ahmadis; sponsors terror groups Afghan Taliban, HQN, LeT, JeM; backs Chinese genocide of Muslim Uighurs; abducts journalists. <a href="https://t.co/emqFbVB9N9">pic.twitter.com/emqFbVB9N9</a>
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1475917107460198408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Number nine on the list, <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1475917680020492289">Mauritania</a>, has been dubbed &#8220;slavery&#8217;s last stand&#8221; by <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slaverys.last.stronghold/index.html">CNN</a> and according to Neuer, boasts some half a million slaves among its population. Anti-slavery activists are often arrested, and officials have been known to resort to torture in order to extract confessions from the accused. In addition, homosexuality in Mauritania is punishable by death.
Qatar ranks 8th on Neuer&#8217;s list, in part because the nation&#8217;s treatment of migrant workers. &#8220;Caused 6,750 migrant workers to die for 2022 World Cup; discrimination against women; supports terrorists including Al Qaeda in Syria, Jihadis in Libya and Somalia, the Taliban and Hamas,&#8221; he tweeted.
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#8: 🇶🇦 Qatar<a href="https://twitter.com/UN_HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN_HRC</a> Credentials: Caused 6,750 migrant workers to die for 2022 World Cup; discrimination against women; supports terrorists including Al Qaeda in Syria, Jihadis in Libya and Somalia, the Taliban and Hamas. <a href="https://t.co/naCrDqy5Ok">pic.twitter.com/naCrDqy5Ok</a>
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1475918222264311816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Seventh-ranked <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1475918475214430229">Somalia</a> has been called &#8220;a living hell&#8221; for women, perhaps in part because &#8220;95% of girls aged 4 to 11 face genital mutilation,&#8221; and &#8220;women are at constant risk of getting shot or raped.&#8221;
Russia comes in at number 6, and it&#8217;s no wonder. With a background in the former Soviet Union&#8217;s KGB, President Vladimir Putin has been the front man while Russia &#8220;bombs Syrian civilians, trampled Ukraine, swallowed Crimea, poisons dissidents, no free or fair elections, tortures detainees, imprisons opposition leader Alexei Navalny, crushes freedom of speech and assembly.&#8221;
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#6: 🇷🇺 Russia <a href="https://twitter.com/UN_HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN_HRC</a> Credentials: Bombs Syrian civilians, trampled Ukraine, swallowed Crimea, poisons dissidents, no free or fair elections, tortures detainees, imprisons opposition leader Alexei Navalny, crushes freedom of speech and assembly. <a href="https://t.co/qkONO9YlMq">pic.twitter.com/qkONO9YlMq</a>
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1475919409659187203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Libya, ranked 5th, features an unelected government that &#8220;tortures migrants&#8221; and engages in &#8220;arbitrary arrests&#8221; and &#8220;extrajudicial killings.&#8221; <a href="https://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Worst%20of%20the%20Worst%202012%20final%20report.pdf">Libya</a> has repeatedly been ranked &#8220;worst of the worst&#8221; on Freedom House&#8217;s list of the world&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/WorstOfTheWorst2011.pdf">most repressive societies</a>.&#8221;
Fourth-ranked Cuba boasts a &#8220;60-year totalitarian regime; bans free speech, association; blocks vital food &amp; medical aid; infiltrates &amp; subverts entire hemisphere; drug trafficking; sends doctors abroad as slave labor.&#8221;
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#4: 🇨🇺 Cuba<a href="https://twitter.com/UN_HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN_HRC</a> Credentials: 60-year totalitarian regime; bans free speech, association; blocks vital food &amp; medical aid; infiltrates &amp; subverts entire hemisphere; drug trafficking; sends doctors abroad as slave labor. <a href="https://t.co/ADGWStc49C">pic.twitter.com/ADGWStc49C</a>
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1475921573022425093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1475923219060301830">Eritrea</a> comes in third and according to Neuer, has a lengthy list of &#8220;qualifications&#8221; — including: &#8220;Authoritarian regime; forced child labor; arbitrary executions; disappears dissidents; torture; arbitrary arrest; denial of fair public trial; restrictions on freedom of speech, assembly, association, and religion.&#8221;
The second spot is reserved for <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1475929378718732289">Venezuela</a>, under the rule of dictator Nicolas Maduro — who &#8220;destroyed his country; starved his people; crushed pro-democracy dissidents; caused 5 million to flee.&#8221;
Communist China takes the top spot after its Communist Party leadership &#8220;herded 1 million Uighurs into camps; jails human rights activists; crushed Tibet; disappeared courageous men and women who sounded the alarm on the Coronavirus; suffocated freedom in Hong Kong; put @JamesChau into WHO to whitewash COVID crimes.&#8221;
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#1: 🇨🇳 China<a href="https://twitter.com/UN_HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN_HRC</a> Credentials: Herded 1 million Uighurs into camps; jails human rights activists; crushed Tibet; disappeared courageous men and women who sounded the alarm on the Coronavirus; suffocated freedom in Hong Kong; put <a href="https://twitter.com/jameschau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JamesChau</a> into WHO to whitewash COVID crimes. <a href="https://t.co/TLMZ8ZAGyQ">pic.twitter.com/TLMZ8ZAGyQ</a>
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1475930025262264323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The strength of the Human Rights Council is its diversity. The full engagement of all countries is valuable, important and essential,&#8221; UNHRC president Nazhat Shameem Khan said.

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‘Happy New Year’: Activist Mocks U.N. ‘Human Rights’ Council That Includes China, Cuba, Russia, And More

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken again announced the Biden administration’s desire to recommit the United State to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
“I’m here to reaffirm America’s commitment to respect and defend the human rights of all people, everywhere,” Blinken said in a virtual speech to a meeting of the HRC, as <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-seek-election-united-nations-human-rights-council-n1258704">quoted</a> by NBC News.
The outlet reported that Blinken “was seeking support for its election to the council for the 2022-24 term,” noting that elections “for three-year membership on the 47-member council are due to be held at the U.N. General Assembly in October.”
The statement comes three years after the Trump administration withdrew the U.S. from the HRC, with then-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley accusing the council of “chronic bias against Israel” while ignoring rights abuses from autocratic regimes, which she called “hypocritical and self-serving.”
Earlier this month, The Daily Wire’s Hank Berrien <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-will-return-u-s-to-anti-israel-un-human-rights-council">reported</a>, Blinken announced the Biden administration would seek a return to the HRC, tweeting:
<blockquote>The @UN Human Rights Council is flawed and needs reform, but walking away won’t fix it. The best way to improve the Council, so it can achieve its potential, is through robust and principled U.S. leadership. Under @POTUS Biden, we are reengaging and ready to lead.
When it works well, the @UN Human Rights Council shines a spotlight on countries with the worst human rights records and can serve as a beacon for those fighting against injustice and tyranny. That’s why the U.S. is back at the table. When we work closely with our allies and friends, we are able to call countries with the worst human rights records to account in the @UN Human Rights Council. U.S. leadership matters.</blockquote>
At the time, The Associated Press reported that Israel had “received by far the largest number of critical council resolutions against any country.”
“In addition to the council’s persistent focus on Israel, the Trump administration took issue with the body’s membership, which currently includes China, Cuba, Eritrea, Russia and Venezuela, all of which have been accused of human rights abuses,” the outlet continued.
Former Vice President Mike Pence also took aim at the council in a speech to the U.N. Security Council in September 2017:
<blockquote>The Human Rights Council doesn’t deserve its name. … Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council actually attracts and welcomes many of the worst human rights violators in the world. A clear majority of the Human Rights Council’s members fail to meet even the most basic human rights standards. Cuba sits on the Human Rights Council, an oppressive regime that has repressed its people and jailed political opponents for more than half a century. Venezuela sits on the Human Rights Council, a dictatorship that undermines democracy at every turn, imprisons political opponents, and as we speak is advancing policies that worsen deprivation and poverty that’s costing the lives of innocent men, women, and children.
This body must reform the Human Rights Council’s membership and its operation. As to its operation, I think of what President John F. Kennedy warned more than 50 years ago, that the United Nations must not become in his words a “forum for invective.”
Unfortunately, today, the Human Rights Council has become exactly that, and particularly the Human Rights Council has become a forum for anti-Semitism and invective against Israel. The council’s agenda item seven actually singles out Israel for discussion at every single meeting, something no other country must endure. As evidence, the Human Rights Council has passed more than 70 resolutions condemning Israel, while largely ignoring the world’s worst human rights abusers.</blockquote>
As NBC reported, Blinken on Wednesday praised the HRC’s record, saying it played a “meaningful role” in protecting human rights, but he also suggested it needed to look at “how it conducts its business” and reassess its “disproportionate focus on Israel.”

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken Vows To Recommit U.S. To U.N. Human Rights Council, Which Still Includes China And Cuba

On Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the Biden administration will return the U.S. to the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Blinken tweeted:
<blockquote>The @UN Human Rights Council is flawed and needs reform, but walking away won’t fix it. The best way to improve the Council, so it can achieve its potential, is through robust and principled U.S. leadership. Under @POTUS Biden, we are reengaging and ready to lead.</blockquote>
Blinken continued, “When it works well, the @UN Human Rights Council shines a spotlight on countries with the worst human rights records and can serve as a beacon for those fighting against injustice and tyranny. That’s why the U.S. is back at the table. When we work closely with our allies and friends, we are able to call countries with the worst human rights records to account in the @UN Human Rights Council. U.S. leadership matters.”
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/UN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN</a> Human Rights Council is flawed and needs reform, but walking away won’t fix it. The best way to improve the Council, so it can achieve its potential, is through robust and principled U.S. leadership. Under <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> Biden, we are reengaging and ready to lead.
&mdash; Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1358748569575038982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
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When it works well, the <a href="https://twitter.com/UN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN</a> Human Rights Council shines a spotlight on countries with the worst human rights records and can serve as a beacon for those fighting against injustice and tyranny. That’s why the U.S. is back at the table.
&mdash; Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1358749177577103361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
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When we work closely with our allies and friends, we are able to call countries with the worst human rights records to account in the <a href="https://twitter.com/UN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN</a> Human Rights Council. U.S. leadership matters.
&mdash; Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1358749734844923905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In 2018, former President Trump pulled out of UNHRC because of its nefarious track record targeting Israel. Israel had “received by far the largest number of critical council resolutions against any country,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-antony-blinken-israel-iran-nuclear-geneva-1090cf1c8eab924fdd0ee31b77dd7e5b">AP noted</a>, adding, “In addition to the council’s persistent focus on Israel, the Trump administration took issue with the body’s membership, which currently includes China, Cuba, Eritrea, Russia and Venezuela, all of which have been accused of human rights abuses.”
In September 2017, former Vice President Mike Pence addressed the United Nations Security Council regarding UNHRC. He stated:
<blockquote>The Human Rights Council doesn&#8217;t deserve its name. … Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council actually attracts and welcomes many of the worst human rights violators in the world. A clear majority of the Human Rights Council’s members fail to meet even the most basic human rights standards. Cuba sits on the Human Rights Council, an oppressive regime that has repressed its people and jailed political opponents for more than half a century. Venezuela sits on the Human Rights Council, a dictatorship that undermines democracy at every turn, imprisons political opponents, and as we speak is advancing policies that worsen deprivation and poverty that’s costing the lives of innocent men, women, and children.
This body must reform the Human Rights Council’s membership and its operation. As to its operation, I think of what President John F. Kennedy warned more than 50 years ago, that the United Nations must not become in his words a “forum for invective.”
Unfortunately, today, the Human Rights Council has become exactly that, and particularly the Human Rights Council has become a forum for anti-Semitism and invective against Israel. The council’s agenda item seven actually singles out Israel for discussion at every single meeting, something no other country must endure. As evidence, the Human Rights Council has passed more than 70 resolutions condemning Israel, while largely ignoring the world’s worst human rights abusers.</blockquote>
In September 2018, following an attack by a 17-year-old Palestinian terrorist who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/35968/thousand-mourn-american-israeli-who-was-stabbed-kassy-dillon">stabbed to death</a> Ari Fuld, an Israeli father of four, from behind, Hillel Neuer, the executive director of U.N. Watch, fired a furious fusillade at the U.N. Human Rights Council for its utter silence regarding the matter.
Neuer stated:
<blockquote>Mr. President, someone whom I recently met in Jerusalem, Ari Fuld, was at a shopping mall a few miles away, in Gush Etzion, when he was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist. A husband and father of four children, Ari lived and died as a hero. Despite his wounds, he chased and shot at his attacker, preventing further casualties, before collapsing to the ground. Hila Peretz, who was working nearby, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-fatal-stab-wound-victim-fuld-stopped-terrorist-from-attacking-mall-worker/">said,</a>“He gave his life for me.”
Now, I want to ask the United Nations and this council: Why has no official of this body condemned the murder? Why is the U.N. silent when Hamas and Islamic Jihad, supported by Iran, which just spoke here in this room, praised the murder? Why were they silent when the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the military wing of Fatah, which belongs to the PA (Palestinian Authority), which sits here, welcomed the attack, stressing the necessity of “resistance”?
Why is the U.N. silent when according to reports, the family of the terrorist, Khalil Jabarin, has already been rewarded more than $3,000, and while the family stands to be paid <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/35984/blood-money-palestinian-government-could-hand-17-hank-berrien">an additional $1.7 million</a>over his lifetime? Why is this council, which is about to dedicate an entire day next week to condemning Israel, why have they refused to condemn the system known as “pay-to-slay,” a total budget of some $300 to $400 million dollars, 7% of the budget of the PA that is used to reward and financially incentivize the murder of Jews?</blockquote>
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VIDEO: I asked the UN Human Rights Council: “Why are you silent after a Palestinian terrorist stabbed to death American-Israeli citizen Ari Fuld? Why won&#39;t you condemn the PA for incentivizing the murder of Jews by paying rewards to the families of terrorists?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/bEmMpYpHRI">pic.twitter.com/bEmMpYpHRI</a>
&mdash; Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1042096597335715840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2018</a></blockquote>
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“Although the U.S. will have only nonvoting observer status on the council through the end of 2021, the officials said the administration intends to seek one of three full member seats — currently held by Austria, Denmark and Italy — from the ‘Western Europe and other states group’ that come up for election later this year,” <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/blinken-says-us-returning-to-flawed-un-human-rights-council/">The Times of Israel</a> noted.

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Biden Will Return U.S. To Anti-Israel U.N. Human Rights Council

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Three countries with a history of authoritarian rule and documented human rights abuses have been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
China, Cuba, and Russia were elected to the HRC on Tuesday, along with Bolivia, France, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Senegal, Uzbekistan and the United Kingdom, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cuba-china-russia-un-human-rights-council">reported</a>. Saudi Arabia was denied a place on the council.
The move prompted U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to say the election of the authoritarian countries would “only further validate the U.S. decision to withdraw and use other venues and opportunities to protect and promote universal human rights.”
The U.S. withdrew from the council in 2018. At the time, then-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called it “a protector of human rights abusers, and a cesspool of political bias.&#8221;
Current U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft said the move “validates [President Donald Trump’s] decision to leave that deeply corrupted body.”
“With China, Russia, Cuba &amp; Venezuela as members, the Council makes a mockery of its intended purpose and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” she added.
As Fox reported, the U.N. General Assembly elected Libya, Sudan and Venezuela to the Human Rights Council, which Craft said at the time was an “embarrassment.”
The Human Rights Council has come under constant criticism for its continued declarations against the U.S. and Israel for alleged human rights abuses while ignoring the obvious, large-scale abuses of countries like Iran, China, and Venezuela.
China’s election to the council is particularly alarming since the past year has revealed widespread human rights abuses against the country’s Uyghur population. As The Daily Wire has previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-leaked-documents-from-china-how-the-country-brainwashes-muslims-in-labor-camps">reported</a>, leaks from the communist nation show how the “educational facilities” China claims to be sending Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province are actually internment camps. One nine-page memo included in the collection of documents, sent in 2017 by then deputy secretary of Xinjiang’s Communist Party, Zhu Hailun, explains how the prisons should be run:
<ul>
<li>“Never allow escapes”</li>
<li>“Increase discipline and punishment of behavioural violations”</li>
<li>“Promote repentance and confession”</li>
<li>“Make remedial Mandarin studies the top priority”</li>
<li>“Encourage students to truly transform”</li>
<li>“[Ensure] full video surveillance coverage of dormitories and classrooms free of blind spots”</li>
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Prior to that stash of documents, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-xinjiang-documents.html">released</a> leaked documents it had obtained that showed how authorities in Xinjiang were to respond to college students returning home to discover their families had been sent to the labor camps.
Authorities were to respond: “They’re in a training school set up by the government,” and if the student pressed for more information, the authorities were to say their families were no criminals but could not leave the “schools.” Further, students would be threatened that their families may be held longer depending on the student’s actions.
“I’m sure that you will support them, because this is for their own good and also for your own good,” authorities would say.

China, Cuba, Russia Elected To U.N. Human Rights Council, Secretary Of State Responds

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The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) has become notorious for opposing basic human rights and siding with communist nations and dictatorships since so many of these countries have been allowed a seat on the council.
The latest example of the council’s flippancy toward human rights came this weekend when delegates from Cuba delivered a statement praising China’s adoption of a national security law imposed on Hong Kong. The United Kingdom offered a statement condemning China’s new law. As has come to be expected with the HRC, which allowed China to join its ranks on April 1 of this year, the council overwhelmingly supported Cuba’s statement praising China’s actions toward Hong Kong. In total, 53 countries ended up backing China’s new law while 27 condemned it.
The International Business Times <a href="https://www.ibtimes.com/list-53-countries-support-chinas-hong-kong-national-security-law-3004962">reported</a> that critics of China’s new law “cited harsh penalties for vaguely defined political crimes and claimed it was the death knell for Hong Kong&#8217;s autonomy.” Axios obtained <a href="https://www.axios.com/countries-supporting-china-hong-kong-law-0ec9bc6c-3aeb-4af0-8031-aa0f01a46a7c.html">a list</a> of the countries that supported or opposed China’s actions:
<blockquote>Supporting: China, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Belarus, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia,  Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, UAE, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Opposing: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palau, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.K.</blockquote>
Axios’ Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian explained that “Beijing has effectively leveraged the UN Human Rights Council to endorse the very activities it was created to oppose.&#8221; Further, the outlet reported, at least 43 of the countries that supported Beijing “have signed onto China’s Belt and Road infrastructure project.” Many of the countries in Africa that praised China’s actions are, according to Axios, “trying to renegotiate debt payments to China amid sharp COVID-related downturns.”
The outlet also explained that countries who have challenged China in the past have paid a price, including Australia and Canada.
“After pushing for an independent probe into China&#8217;s initial response to the coronavirus, Australia found itself in a costly trade dispute with its largest trading partner,” Axios reported. “Two Canadian citizens are still being held in China, meanwhile, after Canada arrested Huawei&#8217;s CFO on behalf of the U.S.”
IBT explained that many thought the announcement that China was joining the HRC was an April’s Fools Day prank:
<blockquote>Because the council deals with topics like freedom of speech, health, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary detention, some may have thought this to be an April Fools joke. Unfortunately, it was not, and the appointment has sparked protests by international human rights activists.</blockquote>
The U.S. withdrew from the HRC in June 2018, calling the council “hypocritical and self-serving.”
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U.N. Human Rights Council Overwhelmingly Supports China’s Crackdown On Hong Kong

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The United Nations received some strong criticism from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over a resolution passed by the organization’s controversial Human Rights Council that targeted the United States.
The HRC’s resolution criticized America’s alleged problem with policing and race, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pompeo-un-human-rights-council-race-police">reported</a>, even though the council itself ignores egregious human rights abuses from some of the countries that sit on the council.
“The United Nations Human Rights Council, now comprised of Venezuela and recently, Cuba and China, has long been and remains a haven for dictators and democracies that indulge them,” Pompeo said in a statement, Fox reported. “It is a grave disappointment to those genuinely seeking to advance human dignity. Even so, the Council’s decision to vote yesterday on a resolution focusing on policing and race in the United States marks a new low.”
More from Fox:
<blockquote>The Council, which the U.S. left in 2018 over concerns over both its membership and its anti-Israel bias, passed by unanimous consent on Friday <a href="https://undocs.org/A/HRC/43/L.50">a resolution</a> on the “promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against police brutality and other violations of human rights.”
The resolution, which was drafted by Iran, Burkina Faso and the “State of Palestine”  expresses concern about the “continuing racially discriminatory and violent practices perpetrated by law enforcement agencies against Africans and people of African descent, and the structural racism endemic to the criminal justice system in the United States of America and other parts of the world recently affected.&#8221;</blockquote>
The resolution also expressed &#8220;alarm at the recent incidents of police brutality against peaceful demonstrators defending the rights of Africans and of people of African descent,&#8221; while making no note of the violent protesters who have attacked cops.
Pompeo’s criticism comes after the United Nations as a whole faced an intense backlash when it defended the violent leftist organization Antifa. President Donald Trump has moved to designate Antifa a terrorist organization. The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-nations-faces-intense-backlash-after-defending-antifa-from-accusations-of-terrorism">reported</a> that the United Nations’ Office at Geneva tweeted in defense of Antifa.
“UN #HumanRights experts express profound concern over a recent statement by the US Attorney-General describing #Antifa and other anti-fascist activists as domestic terrorists, saying it undermines the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly in the country.”
As The Daily Wire reported:
<blockquote>The tweet from the U.N. comes after the organization <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-un-human-rights-council-coronavirus-response">appointed</a> communist China to its Human Rights Council, despite the fact that China has millions <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/a-spreadsheet-of-those-in-hell-how-china-corralled-uighurs-into-concentration-camps/2020/02/28/4daeca4a-58c8-11ea-ab68-101ecfec2532_story.html">locked up</a> in concentration camps, engages in <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-forcefully-harvests-organs-detainees-tribunal-concludes-n1018646">forced</a> organ harvesting, has a surveillance state that <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/china-surveillance/552203/">restricts</a> the rights of its citizens, and has <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/05/china-covid-19-discrimination-against-africans">engaged</a> in a widespread discrimination against Africans during the COVID-19 pandemic.</blockquote>
As Fox reported, the U.N. Human Rights Council met early last week to discuss racism and police brutality, but the discussion quickly turned into an outlet for countries to bash the U.S. Venezuela, for example, condemned “Yankee imperialism.”
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Pompeo: U.N. Hit ‘New Low’ With Resolution Critical Of US Race And Police Issues

China’s influence was on full display Tuesday as 23 member nations of the United Nations signed on to a statement from the United Kingdom condemning the communist country’s human rights abuses – only to have 54 other nations praise China’s human rights.
The stunning turnout occurred after U.K. Ambassador Karen Pierce introduced a statement that condemned China for “detention; efforts to restrict cultural and religious practices; mass surveillance disproportionately targeting ethnic Uighurs; and other human rights violations and abuses.&#8221;
“We call on the Chinese government to uphold its national laws and international obligations and commitments to respect human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, in Xinjiang and across China,” the statement continued.
Radio Free Asia <a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-un-statement-house-passes-bill-10302019173527.html">reported</a> that the U.S., Australia, Canada, Japan and others backed the statement.
But after Pierce’s statement gained support, 54 other member nations gave their support to a statement from Belarus Ambassador Valentin Rybakov that praised China’s record on human rights.
“Now safety and security have returned to Xinjiang and fundamental human rights of people of all ethnic groups there are safeguarded,” Rybakov said, as <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/uighur-muslim-china-xinjiang-united-nations-human-rights-uk-religious-freedom-a9177191.html">reported</a> by The Intercept.
“We commend China’s remarkable achievements in the field of human rights.”
The 54 nations that signed off on Rybakov’s statement included Egypt, Russia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Pakistan.
As RFA reported, many of the countries that supported China “have been on the receiving end of human rights criticism, including Russia, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
A few months ago, a similar situation took place at the U.N. when 22 countries on the U.N. Human Rights Council wrote a letter condemning China’s human rights abuses. At the time, ambassadors from 37 other nations wrote a follow-up letter in support of China. As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-prisoner-in-one-of-chinas-re-education-camps-speaks-out-torture-and-rape-were-common">reported</a>, China has given enough money to countries in the Middle East that even they signed onto the letter praising China, even though the communist nation’s human rights abuses largely involve Muslim minority groups.
China has more than 1 million Uyghurs and other Muslim-minorities imprisoned in internment camps. China for years denied the camps existed, but have recently admitted they existed but claimed they were educational facilities where families could learn new skills. The camps are marketed as ways to cut down on Islamic terrorism in the country. Those who have survived the camps have said inmates are routinely sexually abused, tortured, and even experimented on.
Anyone who even dares speak out about the camps inevitably gets detained. Himit Qri, police chief of Ucha township in Kuchar County, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-chief-in-china-expresses-concern-over-re-education-camp-gets-detained">was detained</a> after he criticized the camps at an event. He also suggested “many people died” at one of the camps. A later report suggested at least <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-man-held-in-one-of-chinas-internment-camps-was-beaten-to-death-by-a-drunk-police-officer">150 people had been killed</a> at just one of the four detention centers in Kuchar County in past six months.
The situation at the U.N. highlights the international body’s problems. Israel, the only Democratic nation in the Middle East, has more statements of condemnation than Russia, China, or North Korea.

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