Saudi, Iraq elected to UN Human Rights Council

Russia on Friday failed to win re-election at the UN Human Rights Council

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Saudi, Iraq and Japan were elected to UN Human Rights Council, Agence France-Presse reported.

Russia on Friday failed to win re-election at the UN Human Rights Council during a vote that capped a campaign by rights groups to drop Moscow over its role in the war in Syria.

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The UN General Assembly elected Hungary and Croatia instead to represent eastern Europe at the rights council.

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