The UNHRC has become a political body whose decisions have nothing to do with human rights; it is used by western governments as an instrument and fig leaf to cover what they are doing following their political agendas, analysts told RT.
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Russia lost its membership in the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, after it failed to garner enough votes in the elections to the body at the general assembly.
Saudi Arabia was successfully re-elected, despite its domestic and external human rights record. Beheadings are common practice in the country, with more than 150 people killed this way in 2015 alone, according to numerous human rights organizations.