UN elects rights violators to Human Rights Council

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Source: AP

Seven countries accused of human rights violations, including Libya, Angola and Malaysia, won seats on the U.N. Human Rights Council in an uncontested election Thursday.

The U.N. General Assembly approved all 14 candidates for the 14 seats on the 47-member council by wide margins despite campaigns by human rights groups to deny countries with poor rights records the minimum number of votes needed.

All 14 countries easily topped the 97 votes required from the 192-member world body. Libya, which currently holds the presidency of the General Assembly, received the lowest number of votes - 155 - while Angola got 170 and Malaysia 179.

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This is very disappointing to me. It seems that human rights are taking a back seat almost everywhere. Talk about the fox watching the hen house.