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Cuba Denounces Double Standards at Human Rights Council
Cuba demanded today that the Human Rights Council end hypocrisy, selectivity, and double standards,which are harmful practices that in the past have damaged the Council's reputation.
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Cuba demanded today that the Human Rights Council end hypocrisy, selectivity, and double standards,which are harmful practices that in the past have damaged the Council's reputation.
During the 22nd session of that U.N. agency, Cuban Ambassador in Geneva Anayansi Rodriguez warned that many industrialized nations, particularly the United States, have lists of countries they accuse of committing alleged violations, yet they remain silent about brutal cases of repression in others.
Rodriguez said that in some cases, these charges are being used as a pretext to justify interventions, and promote regime change.
If they are so concerned about the cause of human rights, why do they say nothing about the secret prisons for torture, the use of drones to kill civilians, or the concentration camps, such as that established in the territory illegally occupied by the United States in Guantanamo?, the diplomat asked.
Washington also silences the brutal repression of movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the "outraged" in Europe, and on the contrary, seeks to pass mercenaries and agents off as Cuban "dissidents" and "patriots," paying them substantial salaries to promote policies of aggression and blockade against Cuba, she said.
In another effort to serve the Empire, a small group of Cuban-born mercenaries has been accredited at the Council, presumably to denigrate and slander her country, Rodriguez charged.
The ambassador called for the Council to end the politicization and imperial impositions, and promote dialogue and genuine cooperation among equals.
During the 22nd session of that U.N. agency, Cuban Ambassador in Geneva Anayansi Rodriguez warned that many industrialized nations, particularly the United States, have lists of countries they accuse of committing alleged violations, yet they remain silent about brutal cases of repression in others.
Rodriguez said that in some cases, these charges are being used as a pretext to justify interventions, and promote regime change.
If they are so concerned about the cause of human rights, why do they say nothing about the secret prisons for torture, the use of drones to kill civilians, or the concentration camps, such as that established in the territory illegally occupied by the United States in Guantanamo?, the diplomat asked.
Washington also silences the brutal repression of movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the "outraged" in Europe, and on the contrary, seeks to pass mercenaries and agents off as Cuban "dissidents" and "patriots," paying them substantial salaries to promote policies of aggression and blockade against Cuba, she said.
In another effort to serve the Empire, a small group of Cuban-born mercenaries has been accredited at the Council, presumably to denigrate and slander her country, Rodriguez charged.
The ambassador called for the Council to end the politicization and imperial impositions, and promote dialogue and genuine cooperation among equals.