Monday, March 27, 2017

Iran, Venezuela, North Korea back Zimbabwe at UN inquiry

Activist group United Nations Watch (UNW) has expressed disgust over the hailing of Zimbabwe's human rights record by "rogue" States - Iran, Venezuela and North Korea. While the three countries, with controversial governance records, praised Zimbabwe's "promotion and protection of human rights" at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council meeting last weekend, UNW accuses the southern African nation's government of partisan application of the law and targeting opposition members and human rights activists with abduction, arrest and torture. The Council, which reviews all UN members' human rights records every four years, convened in Geneva, Switzerland, where sharply opposing views of Zimbabwe's rights record were exposed. More…


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