The UN Human Rights Council Hits a New Low
A speech from Iran’s torture chief.
March 2, 2018
The UN Human Rights Council Hits a New Low
A speech from Iran’s torture chief.
On Tuesday, the UN Human Rights Council—a body where representatives of various tyrannies gather to condemn Israel—entertained the Iranian justice minister, Alireza Avaei, whose speech bemoaned the excessive influence wielded by Western countries over the United Nations. Avaei, who serves a regime that brutally oppresses its own people and engineers mass-slaughter abroad, has himself overseen the torture and execution of thousands. Sohrab Ahmari comments:
March 2, 2018
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