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UN Experts Who Routinely Attack Israel Ignore Iran's Repression and Support for Terrorism
(Israel Hayom) Shachar Kleiman - A UN Watch report examined the conduct of 54 special rapporteurs for the UN Human Rights Council. Despite a surge in executions by the Iranian regime, intensified persecution of minorities, and violent repression of women, most of the experts whose mandates cover these issues did not publish a single condemnation of Tehran's actions. Experts responsible for freedom of expression and the right to life issued dozens of condemnations against Western countries and Israel, yet refrained from a single statement against mass executions and the repression of journalists in Iran. The report calls on democratic countries to demand that the UN to stop funding these mechanisms and reform the appointment of experts.