In UN
Hypocrisy
Human Rights
Watch Limits
Access to
Members of UN
Censorship
Alliance
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
UN GATE, March 6 –
Hypocrisy
and careerism
are nothing
new in the
UN. Now
Human Rights
Watch has a
new executive
director,
acting like so
many in the UN
- and the
press
conference
will be
limited to
members of a
group with
Chinese state
media on its
board and
Iran's IRIB
as a member,
which worked
to throw the
Press out of
the UN, the
United Nations
Correspondents
Association.
This
UNCA and its
executive
committee
member are so
arrogant they
didn't even
respond to an
inquiry
about their
position on UN
access from
the Quinn
Emanuel law
firm,
representing
Inner City
Press pro
bono, here.
Birds of a
feather.
Here is their
promotion:
Dear
colleagues,
Human Rights
Watch is
pleased to
invite members
of the United
Nations
Correspondents
Association to
an in-person
press
conference at
UN
Headquarters
on Thursday,
March 9, 2023,
at 2:00 p.m.
EST. In
her debut
press
appearance at
UN
headquarters,
Human Rights
Watch’s acting
executive
director,
Tirana Hassan,
will discuss
and take
questions on
the main human
rights
challenges for
2023. The
topics will
include HRW’s
work on
Ukraine,
Myanmar,
Ethiopia,
Syria,
Afghanistan,
Israel/Palestine,
climate
change, and
poverty and
inequality.
She will also
discuss how
United Nations
members can
better respond
to human
rights abuses
against a
backdrop of
shifting
geopolitical
power.
What: Human
Rights
Challenges and
the United
Nations.
Who: Tirana
Hassan, acting
executive
director Louis
Charbonneau,
UN
director
When:
Thursday,
March 9, 2023,
at 2:00 p.m.
EST
Where: UNCA
Room (S-310)
at UN
Headquarters.
This press
conference is
open to all
UNCA members,
but RSVPs are
appreciated."
Open to UNCA
members,
largely state
media and
retirees.
HRW's UN rep
also worked
to get Inner
City Press
banned from
the UN, and
made false
copyright claims to cover
up his
role. Will
Tirana Hassan
be any
different? An
appeal is
pending, here
- it is a
litmus case.
This is
today's UN -
we'll have
more on this.
***
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