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| UN suspends Russia from human rights body as Ukraine continues to deal with toll of war |
| 2022-04-08 |
| [TWITTER] On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council with 93 votes for suspension, 24 against and 58 countries abstaining. According to the Los Angeles Times, the "apparent execution-style killings of civilians" in Bucha, a suburb of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, pushed momentum around the bid to eject Russia. Ukrainian officials have said that hundreds of bodies of civilians have been found in towns around Kyiv, per The Associated Press. Content warning: This timeline includes live-updating Tweets which may consist of sensitive images from this developing news story. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I guess we now know that there is something brutal enough to get you kicked off the Human Rights Council. Forced harvesting of organs and tossing gay folks off buildings remains UN approved. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-04-08 12:47 |
| #2 The world still wants its cheap, plastic shit. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-04-08 09:59 |
| #1 I have to ask what about the CCP? Given all the CCP's well documented abuses of (Insert Group Name) |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-04-08 06:21 |