Russia was eliminated this Tuesday UN Human Rights Council, where he hoped to return after being exiled in 2022 due to the war with Ukraine.

The country is faced with Albania And Bulgaria take one of the two seats offered to the regional group today Europe eastern in the body, which is based in Geneva, Switzerland).

In contrast, other controversial candidates such as China and Cuba managed to win the seat in addition to countries such as France, the Netherlands, Ivory Coast and Japan, which had no competition, after voting at the United States headquarters. United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Russia received only 83 of the 97 votes needed to win this position. China reached 154 and Cuba 146.

The vote was secret, so it is unknown which countries voted for the candidates.

Apart from Russia, it remained only outside the Human Rights Council. Peru. The South American country received 108 votes, more than the required 97 but less than the other candidates for the three positions proposed for the Latin America and Caribbean region: Cuba, Brazil and the Dominican Republic.

In total, the assembly elected 15 members for the period from 2024 to 2026, among whom Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, China, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Malawi and the Netherlands.

Last week, Human Rights Watch asked UN officials to vote blank or abstain for China, which also has no rival in its group, and accused Beijing authorities of “detaining their critics” by making them disappear. or harass them when they are abroad.”

The organization was also opposed to entry into Cuba due to the “thousands of political prisoners” held in the country’s prisons.