GENEVA.- The international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) rejected the Cuban regime’s candidacy to reaffirm its position on the United Nations Human Rights Council (U.N) due to its policy of harassment, oppression and constant attacks on civilians.
The human rights activist platform assumed in a statement that both were the case Cuba like Burundi – both countries were candidates – have systematically committed crimes against humanity, which is why they do not meet the requirements for election.
The plenary session to elect members is scheduled for October 10 at the United Nations.
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“Delegations of the 193 countries of the General Assembly should take into account the dismal human rights records of Cuba, Burundi, China and Russia when taking part in the secret ballot that will decide 15 Council seats for the period 2024-2026,” HRW said .
The UN knows the reality in Cuba
Cuba and Burundi had committed “harassment, arbitrary arrests and torture against dissidents and critics,” the NGO denounced.
Referring specifically to Cuba, HRW recalled that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights reported in 2022 that state agents maintained “systematic repression” against peaceful protesters and dissidents and that the government committed “massive, serious and systematic violations” against Cuba have committed. the rights of its citizens.
In addition, UN experts “have also reported patterns of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and torture in Cuba.” Just as “hundreds of cases have been documented in which political prisoners – including protesters, critics, journalists, independent artists and opposition leaders – have been detained for exercising their basic human rights.”
HRW denounced that Russia and China “are responsible for numerous crimes against humanity as well as other serious human rights violations, which is why they fall far short of the standards required to be part of the United Nations’ highest human rights body.”
Louis Charbonneau, UN director at Human Rights Watch, said: “Russia and China remind us every day with their massive violations that they should not be members of the UN Human Rights Council.”
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“No country on the Human Rights Council has an unblemished record, but all UN member countries should recognize that Russia and China have shown intolerable disregard for the most basic criteria for membership,” he added.
On September 1, the dictatorship of Miguel Díaz-Canel, through the island’s ambassador to Geneva, Juan Antonio Quintanilla Román, announced his request to renew his position on the Human Rights Council for the period 2024-2026.
Havana – Cuba – young people on the street
One of the streets in Havana, the capital of Cuba.
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