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Exclusive: China Seeks to Quash Dissent Ahead UN Review of Its Human Rights Record

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Exclusive: China Seeks to Quash Dissent Ahead UN Review of Its Human Rights Record

| UN Human Rights Council to hold five-year review of China next week | Beijing urges UN to prevent ‘anti-China separatists’ from attending UPR | Uyghur, Tibetan, and Hong Kong activists to attend review, and plan demo

A new momentum to expel Russia from the HRC

As the war in Ukraine rages on with increased violence, the idea of excluding Russia from the Human Rights Council (HRC) is gaining momentum. But for some large member states, such a drastic move might weaken the body—and the UN itself. The idea of expelling Russia was publicly floated

#89 The G|O Briefing, March 10, 2022

For the WEF & Russia, a long friendship is coming to an end – Momentum is gaining to exclude Russia from the HRC – UN HR chief under pressure

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