Cuba, China, Russia All Elected to UN Human Rights Council — Yes, Really
By Rick Moran
It isn’t just that the UN’s Human Rights Council is the most hypocritical international organization in the world. They are fully aware of their political biases against Israel and the United States and never miss an excuse to bash either one of them for “human rights abuses.”
But they’re oblivious to the mockery they make of the human rights cause by electing the most oppressive, authoritarian, murderous regimes on the planet.
The United Nations has elected Cuba, China, and Russia, to sit on the Human Rights Council — where they will issue statements of condemnation, recommend sanctions, and supposedly defend the lives of the truly oppressed.
That’s right — Cuba, China, and Russia will sit in judgment on the human rights records of the rest of the world.
Lord, what fools these mortals be.
Cuba, China and Russia on Tuesday were elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council — a move that the U.S. branded a “mockery” of the body’s intended purpose and as proof that Washington was right to leave the council in 2018.
The three countries, all with a history of authoritarianism and human rights abuses, were elected by the U.N. General Assembly, along with countries including Bolivia, France, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Senegal, Uzbekistan and the United Kingdom.
Some of those other nations leave a lot to be desired in protecting basic freedoms, but when you look around the world, beggars can’t be choosy. Freedom is in retreat in all but a few backward regions of the world like Western Europe and some countries in East Asia. But just a couple of those other nations elected to the UNHRC — France, Great Britain and perhaps Mexico — have actually earned the right to sit in judgment on the human rights record of other nations.