After 22 countries deplored China’s treatment of Muslims in the Xinjiang region, 37 nations praised China’s “contribution to the international human rights cause.”
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Vincent Lambert, Frenchman at Center of Right-to-Die Case, Dies at 42
Mr. Lambert, a nurse who was left in a vegetative state after a 2008 accident, had been taken off life support. The case bitterly divided his family.
U.N. Rights Council to Investigate Killings in Philippine Drug War
President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against drug dealers and users has left thousands of people dead, and has been denounced as a lawless atrocity.
China Rebuked by 22 Nations Over Xinjiang Repression
In an embarrassment for China, 22 countries rejected its version of events in the Xinjiang region, where a million or more people are in detention centers.
Venezuela Forces Killed Thousands, Then Covered It Up, U.N. Says
Special forces members engaged in extrajudicial killings and then altered crime scenes to make it look as if the victims had been resisting arrest, United Nations investigators said.
U.N. Expert Calls for International Investigation Into Khashoggi Killing
Agnes Callamard, the United Nations expert on extrajudicial killings, excoriated the world body for its “paralysis” in the killing of a journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, by Saudi agents in Istanbul.
U.N. Panel Urges Investigation Into Israeli Shootings at Gaza Border a Year Ago
The commission’s report, disputed by Israel, says Israeli soldiers may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity when they fired on Palestinian protesters last March.
U.S. Steps Up Criticism of China for Detentions in Xinjiang
Western governments, academic experts and human rights supporters challenged Beijing over its mass detention of Muslims in China’s western region.
Saudi Arabia Rebuked for First Time by Fellow Members of U.N. Rights Council
The kingdom has a seat on the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, where three dozen nations rebuked it for human rights abuses for the first time on Thursday.
U.N. Rights Chief, Denouncing ‘Gross Inequalities,’ Jabs at China and Israel
Michelle Bachelet cited Beijing’s treatment of ethnic Uighurs and the blockade of Gaza as examples of harsh injustice across the world.