Saudi Arabia fails to join United Nations Human Rights Council, China gets a seat

Saudi Arabia has once again failed to join United Nations Human Rights Council, while China and Russia have been elected for next three years despite objections over ir abysmal human rights records. As per reports, decision was me following a secret ballot which allowed all 47 members of special counsel to vote on new members. While rejecting Saudi Arabia, UN ncy cited killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Meanwhile, Pakistan and Cuba were also elected to fill vacant seats. As per reports, 15 vacant seats were distributed between five regions. Out of total, only contested region in 2020 elections was Asia-Pacific, where China and Saudi Arabia were in a five-way race with Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and Nepal for four seats. While China received 139 votes, it was down from last time it stood for a seat in 2016 when it h gained 180.

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UK lawyers against China

Meanwhile, five British lawmakers have urged UK Parliament to bring new laws to sanction Chinese officials involved in alleged human rights abuses in Tibet and Xinjiang. parliamentarians debated over reports of forced labour programmes and or abuses in Chinese provinces. As per Guardian Reports, Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith, also co-chair of Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), vocated imposing travel bans and freezing assets of Chinese officials responsible for rights abuse.

IPAC member Tim Loughton is also reported to have called for reciprocal access to Tibet since Chinese officials enjoy bro access to UK. Conservative leer stressed importance of sending a strong signal to China over human rights abuse. He said that China has divine right to gain immunity from being called out on such issues.

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(Im Credits: AP)