GENEVA: The United States became only the second country on Friday to ever boycott a United Nations review of its human rights record, triggering outrage against the Trump administration over mounting abuses.
Seats were left empty at the world body’s European headquarters in Geneva for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which all 193 UN member states have to undergo every four to five years.
Some countries have requested postponements since the UPR began in 2008, but Israel
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