Disgrace: UN 'Human Rights' Council Votes to Endorse China's Anti-Human Rights Crackdown in Hong Kong....
As expected, the rubber-stamp communist "legislature" in Beijing passed a "security" law that effectively cripples the 'one country, two systems' arrangement to which China is bound by treaty until at least 2047. Pro-freedom activists have been rounded up and arrested, with concerns swirling that at least some show trials will take place on the Chinese mainland. What the regime is doing is patently illegal under international law. It is an abuse of human rights and a brazen affront to human liberty. And yet, the hopelessly corrupt "Human Rights" Council at the United Nations voted to bestow its blessing on the Communist government's anti-freedom power grab. They didn't stay neutral, mind you. They explicitly endorsed the abuse:
China's Foreign Ministry and state media declared victory after 53 countries backed Beijing's new national security law for Hong Kong. Just 27 criticized the law, which imposes harsh penalties for vaguely defined political crimes and is widely viewed as the death knell for Hong Kong's autonomy. The two statements were read back to back in Tuesday's session, with Cuba supporting China and the U.K. representing the critics. China's other allies weren't named publicly until Axios obtained the list this morning. This is one of the clearest indications to date of which countries are challenging a rising superpower, at least on human rights, and which are lining up behind it. China's critics are concentrated in Europe and also include major democracies like Australia, Canada and Japan. All 27 are considered "free" in Freedom House's global ratings.
Among the HRC member nations giving China the thumbs-up are Cuba, Iran, North Korea, "Palestine," Syria, Yemen, and Zimbabwe. Yes, each of those counties is represented on the UN's human rights body. Why isn't the United States colored gold on the map above, given the government's harsh public condemnations of these abuses? Because, quite rightly, the Trump administration pulled the US out of this farcical commission two years ago. I'll remind you that the UN's committee on women's rights added...Iran last year. It's all so ludicrous. When the HRC isn't busy doing Communist China's bidding, it spends much of its time condemning Israel for sport. And this disgusting Beijing lackeyism on the Hong Kong matter doesn't come in a vacuum; it arrives in the context of ongoing and egregious human rights violations elsewhere in China:
This is literally the racist ethnic cleansing of a minority group, yet the large majority of the UN's HRC lined up behind Xi's regime as it extinguishes freedom in Hong Kong. I'll also note that some of America's wokest preeners have little or nothing to say about any of this, especially those who have major financial interests in China -- which is gutless, preening, self-serving cravenness at its worst. Some people are too busy toppling statues, canceling brands, and renaming things to be bothered to notice a genuine enemy of freedom obliterating democracy, subjugating minorities, and disappearing dissenters:
Meanwhile, the Brits have put more teeth in their pushback against China, finally reversing their position on Huawei's role in the UK's 5G infrastructure. Boris Johnson's government has also extended an offer of a path to citizenship for Hong Kongers wishing to escape China's jackboot of oppression. The US should do something similar. I'll leave you with George Will's column on Beijing's brutality:.....snip~
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guyben...-kong-n2571952
We might as well end our ties to the UN. Then create our own Justice League of Nations.
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