U.N.’s Communications Department Promotes Attack on U.S. Sanctions Policy

The U.N.’s official communications department amplified an attack on U.S. sanctions policy by a U.N. human-rights rapporteur who receives funding from China and Russia, as U.S. concerns about Chinese influence at the U.N. grow.

This afternoon, the Twitter account of the U.N. News Service posted a statement by U.N. special rapporteur Alena Douhan condemning U.S. sanctions as violating human rights. “This is a clear violation of due process rights, including the presumption of innocence and fair trial,” she wrote in the statement shared by the account.