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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2022 17:00:12 GMT
Watch live: UN General Assembly votes on suspending Russia from UN Human Rights Council | DW News 13,347 watching now Started streaming 3 hours ago The 193-member UN General Assembly will vote on a US initiative to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council. A two-thirds majority of voting General Assembly members can suspend a country for committing gross and systematic violations of human rights. Russia is in its second year of a three-year term on the 47-member Human Rights Council.
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2022 19:32:50 GMT
Ninety-three countries on Thursday voted to suspend Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council over reported atrocities in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha and other places in Ukraine.
Why it matters: Russia is the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to have its membership revoked from any UN body, per AP.
The only other sitting member of the Human Rights Council to have its membership suspended was Libya in 2011, when forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi violently cracked down on anti-government protesters.
The big picture: 24 countries voted with Russia against its suspension from the council, while 58 nations abstained.
A two-thirds majority was needed. Abstentions didn't count.
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Post by Admin on Apr 10, 2022 19:10:28 GMT
Ukraine conflict: Satellite images of eight-mile long Russian convoy 26,607 views Apr 11, 2022 Satellite images have picked up what is thought to be an eight-mile long Russian military convoy moving towards Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.
The convoy, spotted near the town of Velkyi Burluk, contains trucks pulling artillery and fits the warnings from Ukraine's government that a massive assault in the east is imminent.
Heavy shelling has been reported in the Donbas region and the airport in Dnipro is said to have been destroyed but nine humanitarian corridors had been agreed between both sides to let civilians flee today.
There are also reports that a mass grave containing dozens of bodies of civilians has been found in the village of Buzova near Kyiv.
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Post by Admin on Apr 10, 2022 21:15:45 GMT
Meet The Press Broadcast (Full) - April 10
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Post by Admin on Apr 15, 2022 6:14:49 GMT
Trump Still Won’t Call Putin Evil, Russia Sanctions Congress & the Brings Salmonella! 242,737 views Apr 15, 2022 In honor of the holiday weekend, Jimmy reads reviews of the Bible on Amazon, Biden extended the COVID national emergency declaration for another 90 days, Trump dialed into Hannity to vent about the election, Putin, and windmills, some of the dummies that stormed the Capitol on January 6th are saying they did it because it was a “Presidential Order,” the state legislator passed a bill that would make it a crime to camp out along state highways, Russia announced permanent sanctions on 398 members of Congress, the owner of an NFT of the “first tweet ever” got some bad news about how much it’s worth now, and since Easter is on Sunday we took to the street to see what kids know about the .
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