“China named to U.N. Rights Council” — Hillel Neuer on Sky News Australia

"China named to U.N. Rights Council" – Hillel Neuer on Sky News Australia Part II from Sky News Australia Interview: Given China is one of the world’s most “gross and systematic abusers of human rights,” it is now essentially gaining a “free pass” after joining the UN Human Rights Council Panel according to Executive Director of UN Watch Hillel Neuer.China, in early April, was appointed to the highly influential human rights panel where it will have the power to appoint investigators in 17 key human rights jurisdictions including the monitors on health, free speech and enforced disappearances.“This…

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