Russia suspended from UN rights council

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 09, 2022 12:12 am

(UPDATE) THE United Nations suspended Russia from the Human Rights Council on Thursday (Friday in Manila), as US President Joe Biden called the atrocities continuing to emerge in Ukraine an 'outrage' to humanity.

The diplomatic rebuke came as the G7, the European Union and Washington further tightened the economic screws on Moscow, spurred by the horrific images emerging in recent days from now-infamous towns like Bucha and Mariupol.

A completed resolution vote tally to affirm the suspension of the Russian Federation from the United Nations Human Rights Council is displayed during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, April 7, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. UN General Assembly approved a resolution suspending Russia from the world body's leading human rights organization. AP Photo

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