UN experts said this week that US sanctions on Iran are causing more deaths of Iranians with thalassemia, a congenital blood disorder that requires specialized medicine.
UN Experts: Iranians With Blood Disorder are Dying Due to US Sanctions
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US Weaponizes UN for Regime Change in Myanmar
Compromised: UN “Special Rapporteur” to Myanmar Spent Years Promoting US Regime Change
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews has spent years within the US government’s National Democratic Institute and as an adviser to the US-based “National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma” – he was also involved in Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize.
It is an obvious conflict of interest with Tom Andrews demonstrably taking sides, ignoring abuses by Myanmar’s opposition, and abusing his position at the UN to help advance US foreign policy objectives including regime change in Myanmar.
The New Atlas
Opens in YouTube: Compromised: UN “Special Rapporteur” to Myanmar Spent Years Promoting US Regime Change
Sanctions Didn’t Help Cubans, Iranians or Venezuelans. They Won’t Help Afghans.
UN Rebuke of US Sanctions on Venezuela Met With Stunning Silence
UN Rebuke of US Sanctions on Venezuela Met With Stunning Silence
Many Western journalists, however, appear not to have seen these overt declarations of collective punishment against the Venezuelan population—a crime against humanity under Article 7 of the Statute of the International Criminal Court, according to former UN Expert Alfred de Zayas.
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Current Concerns: An appalling majority of unilateral sanctions violate international law
Interviev with Professor Dr Dr habil. Alena Douhan
Link to original article: An appalling majority of unilateral sanctions violate international law : No 4/5, 2 March 2021 : 2021 : Archives : Zeit-Fragen, Zürich (zeit-fragen.ch)
Current Concerns: An appalling majority of unilateral sanctions violate international law
UN human rights expert urges to lift unilateral sanctions against Venezuela
UN human rights expert urges to lift unilateral sanctions against Venezuela CARACAS (12 February 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights, Alena Douhan, today urged the United States, European Union and other States to drop unilateral sanctions imposed against Venezuela.
UN human rights expert urges to lift unilateral sanctions against Venezuela
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