The world’s biggest violators of human rights hold a meeting to condemn Israel

Several foreign leaders charged with overseeing human rights abuses in their respective countries met Tuesday to condemn Israel for its actions in the war against Hamas, according to The Associated Press.

Putin, Xi and about a dozen other foreign leaders, including the three additional BRICS members (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), met for joint statements on the “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza amid the current Israel. – Hamas conflict, seconds in the PA. China, Russia and South Africa have been credibly accused of widespread human rights abuses and violations of international law by the US and Western allies.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who chaired Tuesday’s meeting, accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza.

“The collective punishment of Palestinian civilians through the unlawful use of force by Israel is a war crime,” Ramaphosa told the meeting, according to AP. “The deliberate denial of medicine, fuel, food and water to the residents of Gaza amounts to genocide.”

The South African government and its defense forces have been accused of committing “unlawful or arbitrary killings; torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by the government; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest or detention; serious government corruption; human trafficking; and crimes”, seconds to the Department of State. The South African government has investigated some of these crimes, but has let many criminals get away with impunity.

China has long supported the Palestinian cause and a two-state solution with Israel and has been hesitant to condemn the October 7 attacks by Hamas, according to the AP. i Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD). Russia condemned the October 7 attacks, but has also warned Israel not to continue its counteroffensive in the Gaza Strip.

Russia has been accused by the US and other Western nations of “numerous war crimes and other atrocities and abuses” since it began its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which left an estimated 70,000 Ukrainians dead. seconds to the Department of State i Reuters. These atrocities include “executions, torture, rape, indiscriminate attacks, and deliberately targeted attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure by Russian forces in Ukraine,” according to the State Department.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been accused of committing an ongoing genocide against the Uyghur population and other religious and ethnic minority groups in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. seconds to the Department of State. The UN said that China’s treatment of these groups “may constitute international crimes, particularly crimes against humanity,” but has stopped short of accusing the CCP of “genocide,” even though several Western nations have assigned that label.

In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly passed 15 resolutions condemning Israel compared to six resolutions against Russia and zero against China. seconds on UN Watch. Most of the resolutions passed against Israel criticized the country for not acceding to demands for the creation of a Palestinian state.

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