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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN General Assembly Suspends Russia from Human Rights Council

The United States led the push to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine TIMOTHY A. CLARY AFP

The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the global body's Human Rights Council as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine.

The high-profile rebuke of Moscow marked only the second ever suspension of a country from the council -- Libya was the first, in 2011 -- and it earned praise from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his American counterpart Joe Biden, AFP said.

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