Rare: UN to vote today on Cuba’s rights violations, activists urge support
Thursday, November 1, 2018 1:57 pm Cuba unwatch 0 246
Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez told reporters at a press conference in Havana this week that the U.S. amendments were “a political maneuver,” that he said was trying to erode the strong international support Cuba has received over the years during the vote on the US embargo. GENEVA, November 1, 2018 …
Cuba startled at U.S. move to redirect UN embargo resolution to spotlight Havana’s rights abuses
Sunday, October 28, 2018 10:16 pm Cuba unwatch 0 4k
Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez told reporters at a press conference in Havana this week that the U.S. amendments were “a political maneuver,” that he said was trying to erode the strong international support Cuba has received over the years during the vote on the US embargo. GENEVA, October 28, 2018 …
Cuba receives UN complaint on political prisoner Eduardo Cardet
Friday, August 31, 2018 5:51 pm Cuba unwatch 0 170
RADIO MARTI, August 29, 2018—An NGO associated with the United Nations has shown interest in the health of a prominent Cuban political prisoner. The organization’s complaint on the conditions of his detention were sent to the Castro regime’s General Prosecutor’s Office, according to information …
Rights Group Lodges UN Case Against Cuba for Release of Jailed Dissident Dr. Eduardo Cardet
Thursday, July 26, 2018 7:12 pm Arbitrary Detention, Cuba unwatch 0 411
UN Watch hopes to exert pressure on Cuba GENEVA, July 26, 2018 – Human rights lawyers lodged a legal complaint with the UN today to demand that Cuba release Dr. Eduardo Cardet, a dissident who has been jailed, severely beaten and denied medical treatment since his violent arrest on November 30, 2016. The …
UN to elect tyrannies to oversee human rights NGOs
Monday, April 16, 2018 1:58 pm Burundi, China, Cuba, Iran, Libya, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Uncategorized, Venezuela unwatch 0 2k
GENEVA, April 16, 2018 – A Swiss-based watchdog organization today called on the world body not to elect a “rogues’ gallery of the world’s worst human rights abusers” to the 19-nation UN committee that accredits human rights organizations, including candidate countries Iran, Russia, …
Farce: Meet 2018 Membership of U.N. Human Rights Council
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 7:00 pm Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, China, Congo, Cuba, HRC elections, Human Rights Council, Iraq, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Venezuela unwatch 0 28k
MEMBERS: Saudi Arabia Iraq, Cuba, China, Qatar, Angola, Burundi, Pakistan, Venezuela, DR Congo, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates… Meet the 2018 membership of the U.N. Human Rights Council, elected by the United Nations with the mandate to “uphold the highest standards in the promotion and …
Cuba’s propaganda blitz; Shame on UNHRC & Virginia Dandan for enabling lies
Sunday, July 16, 2017 11:59 pm Cuba, Human Rights Council (UNHRC) unwatch 0 505
U.N. human rights council expert Virginia Dandan visited Cuba this past week and said she did not meet with any opposition members because “I do not know what you mean by opposition. I honestly do not know who is in opposition.” Cuban dissidents now call her “the expert who does not ask …
2016 UNHRC Election: Ready-to-Use Quotes by Dissidents and Activists
Thursday, October 27, 2016 3:11 pm China, Cuba, HRC elections, Human Rights Council, Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Russia unwatch 0 174
Rosa Maria Paya – Daughter of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, the victim of assassination by Cuban regime “Because of the dictatorship, the whole population has been forced into poverty and live without the most basic human rights.” “The regime’s intelligence apparatus and the powerful …
UN: Don’t Elect Cuba to Human Rights Council
Thursday, October 27, 2016 11:54 am Cuba, HRC elections, Human Rights Council, Human Rights Council (UNHRC) unwatch 0 401
Cuba is running for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council on Oct. 28, 2016 Cuba’s official UN campaign pledge includes the following absurd claims: Cuba attaches the “greatest importance” to international cooperation for the “promotion and protection” of all human rights within the …
UN Watch Launches Opposition to Right Abusers as Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, Cuba Seek Re-Election to UN Human Rights Council
Friday, October 7, 2016 10:27 pm China, Cuba, HRC elections, Human Rights Council, Human Rights defenders, Russia, Saudi Arabia unwatch 0 531
Dissidents & Activists Join UN Watch for High Profile Events at Canadian Parliament, UN Headquarters, New York University Canadian Parliament: All-party coalition of MPs stood with dissidents and families of political prisoners as former justice minister Irwin Cotler and UN Watch Executive Director Hillel …