...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
and the Philippines were among a number of nations controversially elected to the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
Human Rights Council on Friday, sparking sharp criticism from rights groups.
Around a third of the seats on the 47-member council, based in Geneva, were up for grabs for slots lasting from 2019-2022. A 97-vote majority from the 193 nations that make up the U.N.'s General Assembly is needed for the green light.
For the first time since the council was created in 2006, each voting region agreed in advance on 18 candidates to be in the running for 18 seats -- removing any competition.
New members Bahrain, Cameroon, the Philippines, Somalia, Bangladesh and Eritrea
...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
were elected with between 160 and 178 votes -- and immediately drew criticism from campaigners in Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...and North America dismissing them as "unqualified" due to their human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
records.
"By putting forward serious rights violators and presenting only as many candidates as seats available, the regional groups risk undermining the council's credibility and effectiveness," said New York-based Human Rights Watch.