The UN Human Rights Council is a sick joke.

So what's new? High time to acknowledge the deeper problem beneath this farce

Oct 14, 2020

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Meeting room of UN Human Rights Council, Geneva

Some of the world’s worst human rights violators have now been placed in charge of protecting the world’s human rights.

China, Russia, Cuba and Pakistan are among the 15 countries that have won seats on the UN Human Rights Council in a secret-ballot of the 193-member UN General Assembly.

China jails opponents…

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