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Outrage at UN: Democracies Enable Iran, China, Cuba to Oversee Human Rights Bodies

UN Watch, the independent Geneva-based non-governmental organization that monitors the United Nations, today called on Canada ...
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UN makes a mockery of human rights as China, Iran score gig on wayward committee

The United Nations welcomed two new officials to the advisory committee for its Human Rights Council this week in a vote that did not inspire confidence in the humanitarian body. Iranian diplomat ...

Iran secures UN role with backing from UK, France, Canada, Australia as US stands alone

Western democracies face backlash for allowing Iran and other authoritarian regimes to secure influential U.N. seats as the U ...
Reuters

China and Russia repeatedly tried to defund UN human rights work, report says

GENEVA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A small group of countries led by China and Russia has repeatedly tried to block funding for human rights-related work at the United Nations over a five-year period, ...
Human Rights Watch

China: No Letup in Forced Returns to North Korea

(Seoul) – Chinese authorities since 2024 have forcibly returned at least 406 people to North Korea, where they are at grave risk of persecution and ill-treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...