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UN Watch Condemns Venezuela Arrest of 85-year-old Activist
Saturday, 3 February 2018, 12:53 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, February 2, 2018 – UN Watch, a Geneva-based monitoring group, condemned Venezuela for arresting an 85-year-old activist in the middle of last night, taken from his home in Caracas at 3:00 a.m. by security forces. More >>
The Top 10 Most Evil U.N. Actions of 2017
Wednesday, 27 December 2017, 5:03 pm | UN Watch
10. Denied Venezuelan Hunger: In the first-ever U.N. visit to Venezuela, Alfred de Zayas, the U.N. Human Rights Council's Cuban-backed "Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order," posted propaganda ... More >>
Qatar Bid for VP of UNHRC Council Stymied by Arab Rivals
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 9:26 am | UN Watch
GENEVA, December 4, 2017 – Monitoring group UN Watch has learned that Qatar submitted a bid to become vice-president of the UN Human Rights Council, but its Gulf Arab rivals are blocking the nomination, forcing Asian states to choose another country, ... More >>
UN Rights Official in Blackface is ‘Racist & Offensive’
Saturday, 2 December 2017, 1:51 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, December 1, 2017 – The non-governmental human rights group UN Watch today called on UN chief Antonio Guterres and human rights commissioner Zeid to take action over the latest offensive actions by UNHRC expert Alfred de Zayas. Letter below. ... More >>
UN Should Condemn ‘Fake Investigation’ of Venezuela Record
Friday, 1 December 2017, 9:29 am | UN Watch
November 30, 2017 – UN Watch today called on UN chief Antonio Guterres, human rights commissioner Zeid, and U.S. ambassador Nikki Haley to condemn a “fake investigation” of Venezuela's human rights record by a UN human rights council official known as ... More >>
US Should Deport Rutgers Professor Who Abetted Genocide
Tuesday, 7 November 2017, 9:52 am | UN Watch
Geneva, Nov. 6, 2017 – An international human rights group today called on Rutgers University to fire Mazen Adi, a professor on war crimes law, on grounds that as a Syrian diplomat and legal advisor he justified the war crimes of the genocidal Assad ... More >>
U.N. health agency names tyrant Mugabe 'goodwill ambassador'
Saturday, 21 October 2017, 1:16 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, October 19, 2017 – The non-governmental human rights group UN Watch expressed “grave disappointment” at the U.N. health body's appointment of Zimbabwe's dictator as a goodwill ambassador on health, even as his policies have devastated Zimbabwe's ... More >>
UNESCO Denies Biblical Christian & Jewish Heritage
Saturday, 8 July 2017, 2:10 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, July 7, 2017 – UN Watch, an independent non-governmental organization based in Geneva, condemned the “cynical, divisive, and politicized hijacking of UNESCO’s mission to protect world cultural heritage” by Arab states, after the ... More >>
Under Syrian Pressure, WHO Hid Positive Report on Israel
Saturday, 27 May 2017, 2:24 pm | UN Watch
Exclusive: Under Syrian Pressure, U.N.'s WHO Hid Positive Report on Israel, Adopts Censure 14 EU states condemn WHO failure to publish report "in strongest terms" More >>
UN Watch Condemns Election of Dictators to the UNHRC
Saturday, 29 October 2016, 9:24 pm | UN Watch
"China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Rwanda elected " Credibility of UN Rights Council at stake," says UN Watch * Major blow: Failure of Russia to get elected More >>
UNHRC to confirm nominees of Egyptian-led panel
Saturday, 9 July 2016, 8:03 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, July 8, 2016 — A representative of the Egyptian regime of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has replaced the delegate of Saudi Arabia as chair of the UN Human Rights Council panel which nominates global investigators, which this week will include ... More >>
Yazidi MP Vian Dakhil Addresses Human Rights Council
Sunday, 26 June 2016, 9:57 pm | UN Watch
Yazidi MP Vian Dakhil Addresses Human Rights Council In Response to New Report Finding Genocide More >>
UN Chief & World Leaders Urged to Endorse Appeal
Saturday, 11 June 2016, 8:46 pm | UN Watch
UN Chief & World Leaders Urged to Endorse Appeal for Amnesty of Political Prisoners as UNHRC Celebrates 10th Anniversary on Monday More >>
Ahead of UN Report on 2014 Gaza War
Saturday, 13 June 2015, 11:36 am | UN Watch
Ahead of UN Report on 2014 Gaza War, Multinational Mission of Generals Finds: "Israel not only met but significantly exceeded international legal standards" More >>
UN casts Israel as world's worst violator of health rights
Saturday, 23 May 2015, 10:55 am | UN Watch
Israel's army team of medics recently treated 1,600 victims of the Nepal earthquake. More >>
EU & US let Iran win top seat on UN Women’s Rights board
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 11:32 am | UN Watch
EU & US Allowed Iran to Win Top Seat on UN Women’s Rights Board, Rights Group Says More >>
U.N. Executives to Strengthen Anti-Retaliation Measures
Friday, 10 April 2015, 2:22 pm | UN Watch
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2015 – Today, a group of nine whistleblowers from the U.N. system sent a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Directors of U.N. Specialized Agencies urging them to do more to protect whistleblowers. More >>
UN Watch Statement
Friday, 3 April 2015, 1:22 am | UN Watch
UN Watch welcomes today’s meeting. Yet given that it has been more than five years now since Boko Haram has been on the rampage, killing thousands of innocent men, women, and children, we must ask: Why has the UN waited so long? More >>
North Korean Defectors visiting Geneva Human Rights session
Saturday, 14 March 2015, 11:15 am | UN Watch
North Korean Defectors visiting Geneva Human Rights session, where North Korea Foreign Minister labeled them "scum" Defectors will also raise situation of North Korean overseas workers whose situation is akin to slavery More >>
Geneva rights summit draws world attention
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 2:31 pm | UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE Geneva rights summit draws world attention, spotlights Boko Haram, ISIS, China, Cuba, France, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tibet, Turkey, Venezuela More >>
