Twenty-nine countries are said to retaliate against citizens that help the United Nations with its human rights work in those countries, according to a new UN report.
In previous reports, an average of 15 countries were listed, and never more than 20. This is a record.
The Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) issued the eighth annual report about the condition of the people working with it to identify human rights violations around the world.
It was reported to OHCHR that these people had been abducted, detained, held incommunicado, or had disappeared, according to Andrew Gilmour, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights.
Other victims lost their jobs, had their homes or offices raided, were targeted by travel bans and asset freezes, as well as being forced to undergo unwanted psychiatric “treatment.” Many cases involved arbitrary detention and torture, sometimes by sexual assault or rape.
Nine of the 29 countries listed are actually members of the Human Rights Council, a Geneva-based group made up of 47 UN member countries. These are Burundi, Egypt, Rwanda, Cuba, Venezuela, China, India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Mr Gilmour said: “It is frankly nothing short of abhorrent that, year after year, we are compelled to present cases of intimidation and reprisals carried out against people whose crime – in the eyes of their Governments – was to cooperate with UN institutions and mechanisms.”
China and Saudi Arabia have been on the list six out of eight years.
Not at all shocked to what we pulled out of that shit show. As let’s be honest here, being part of it has no standard on how you treat people. I don’t see jack shit changing.
My Patreon has just been suspended on account of posting NSFW content publicly, despite my page being marked as Adult Content.
I don’t know if I completely missed this (I like to think I thoroughly read the guidelines on adult content before starting my account back in September) or if it was a recent addition, but whatever the case, it seems to be against their rules now! Read up on them here - https://www.patreon.com/guidelines#adult-content
Even if it’s one post from years and years ago, you’re still at risk for suspension! From what I’ve seen, the suspensions are happening on a fairly large scale, which means that even if you’re immediate in switching your public posts over to Patron-Only, it can take over a week, or perhaps longer to have your account un-suspended. For artists that rely on Patreon for a decent chunk of their income, you can see where this creates problems!
If you’re a creator, here’s a copyable link to where you can view all of your public posts! If you see anything as NSFW in there, edit it, and change it from Public to Patron-Only. Believe me, it’s much easier to take a few minutes to edit all your posts than it is to deal with having been suspended
