SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: THE U.S. TRIED BUT FAILED to oust the United Nations human rights chief, after he painted Israel as a major violator of human rights, rather than China.

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Nury Vittachi

THE U.S. TRIED BUT FAILED to oust the United Nations human rights chief, after he painted Israel as a major violator of human rights, rather than China.

The popular leader, Volker Türk, had issued “58 condemnations of Israel”, while refusing to support the US's Uyghur genocide hoax, created by Washington to harm China.

And when it came to a vote, most of the rest of the world, including US allies, rejected the US/ Israel attack on Türk—and the popular human rights commissioner was voted in for a second four-year term.

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US WALKED OUT
The argument created real tensions.

At a key UN meeting this week, the US representatives walked out when it was France’s turn to speak.

In his first term, Türk incensed the US/ Israel lobby by daring to criticize the United States, Israel, and many western nations, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy and France.

In contrast, Washington believes human rights criticism should be levelled at Asian countries targeted by the US: China in particular, but also Iran and North Korea.

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UYGHUR HOAX AGAIN
An Israel organization called UNWatch said that Türk made limited criticisms of China and “none mentioned the mass imprisonment of more than one million Uyghurs”.  Anti-China activist Kenneth Roth took a similar angle.

Volker didn’t mention the genocide or imprisonment of a million ugyhurs because there’s there’s no such thing—that story has been debunked again and again. 

Hundreds of millions of people have visited Xinjiang and hung out with the Uyghurs, who are clearly alive and well. 

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FRANCE, US, IN WEB FIGHT
The tension with the US spilled onto social media, with France posting that “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore.”

Most of the responses referring to that comment pointed out that the US never had been a beacon of human rights, but a creator of conflicts around the world.

“I think you mean ‘the US used to be better at hiding its depraved criminal behaviour’," said one commentator.

Another simply posted a map of every country the US has bombed or interfered with politically.

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ANGRY AMBASSADOR
US Ambassador Mike Waltz replied angrily: “France voted for someone who has been lecturing, free, sovereign democracies like the United States, the UK, and Israel…” 

The suggestion that Israel is a free sovereign democracy got lots of laughs from the public.

Of course, the actions of Israel and the US at the moment are not really a laughing matter. 

But the fact that world is becoming more aware of these issues – that IS something to smile about.

Peace.