UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged U.N. members to reject seven of the 65 nations seeking seats on the world body's new Human Rights Council in elections scheduled for Tuesday.
The New York-based group believes the rights records of Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, Russia and Saudi Arabia make them unworthy of membership on the new council, said Kenneth Roth, the Human Rights Watch executive director.
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