U.N. Rights Panel Criticizes Cuba, N. Korea
From Times Wire Reports
The top U.N. human rights watchdog passed resolutions criticizing conditions in Cuba and North Korea, but Russia and China avoided censure.
The 53-nation U.N. Human Rights Commission voted 22 to 21 for a resolution that “deplored” Cuba’s imprisonment of 75 dissidents arrested in March 2003.
The commission voted 29 to 8 to condemn North Korea for its precarious humanitarian situation and for rights violations.
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