In the news, Friday, September 18, 2020

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from The Guardian (UK)

LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK

Belarus repeatedly interrupts at UN amid 'new iron curtain' warnings

Belarus and its allies have repeatedly tried to muzzle speakers at the UN amid warnings of a new iron curtain falling across Europe during an ill-tempered debate on alleged human rights violations. The body’s 47-member human rights council voted by 23 votes to two with 22 abstentions to adopt a resolution condemning rights violations in Belarus and requesting the UN high commissioner on Human Rights to take up the issue and report back to the council.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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