U.S. Angry--U.N. Won’t Study Cuba for Rights Violations
GENEVA — The United States failed today to win U.N. Commission on Human Rights approval for the panel to scrutinize Cuba for violations that America says are among the world’s worst.
An “angry and disappointed” U.S. Ambassador E. Robert Wallach vowed, “We will certainly be back next year” to make another attempt.
Washington says human rights violations in Cuba are among the worst in the world and should be subject to the same scrutiny as Chile and South America.
American delegates had campaigned strongly for condemnation of Cuba, declaring at numerous news conferences and in speeches that it has more political prisoners per capita than any other country in the world.
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