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THE United States demanded yesterday that the UN human rights council end its criticism of Israel and turn its fire on Washington’s targets instead.
Addressing the body at its seat in Geneva, US envoy Erin Barclay claimed: “The obsession with Israel … is the largest threat to this council’s credibility.
“When it comes to human rights, no country should be free from scrutiny, but neither should any democratic country be regularly subjected to unfair, unbalanced and unfounded bias,” she said. Instead, she called on the council to focus on criticising Syria and North Korea.
The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) cautiously welcomes the ceasefire, but remains suspicious of US and Israeli intentions
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
To defend Puerto Rico’s right to peace is to defend Venezuela’s right to exist, argues MICHELLE ELLNER