Britain to seek Russia’s suspension from UN Rights Council

The United States and Britain announced plans Monday to seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council following allegations that Russian troops systematically executed civilians in Bucha, Ukraine. “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us to now match our words with action,” US ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in a tweet Monday. “We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to participate” in the council, she said. “Given strong evidence of war crimes, including reports of mass graves and heinous butchery i…

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