china and russia have won seats at the
united nations human rights council
despite
strong objections from critics over
their alleged human rights abuses
the 193-member u.n general assembly on
tuesday
elected 15 countries to the 47-member
council
the countries elected include china
russia and cuba
but saudi arabia failed to make the cut
the
u.n watch labeled the day as a quote
black day for human rights
and said the move was like letting a
gang of arsonists into the fire brigade
china has recently been criticized over
its mistreatment
of wigwer muslims and its handling of
pro-democracy protests in hong kong
russia had been under fire for allegedly
poisoning anti-corruption campaigner
alexei navalny