Cuba cheers end to U.N. abuse monitoring:
Cuba on Wednesday cheered the new U.N. human rights watchdog’s agreement to stop monitoring alleged abuses on the island, with Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque saying the decision left the United States “hanging, and we yanked away the ladder.”
The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva agreed Tuesday to discontinue investigations into the rights situation in Cuba and Belarus, but to continue monitoring Israel. The move drew immediate fire from the U.S., which has crusaded to focus attention on the human rights situation in Cuba.
At a news conference, Perez Roque called the decision “a resounding, undisputed, and historic victory” that “defeats the manipulations of the United States against Cuba in Geneva.”