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Voice of America: Weak and powerful countries to come under UN human rights spotlight

Published Nov. 2, 2020. Updated Nov. 2 at 5:10 am

Demonstrators hold their fists up as they stand near the Emancipation Memorial at Lincoln Park in Washington, DC on June 26, 2020.

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The United States is among 14 countries whose human rights records will be examined under the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review. The two-week session, which opens Monday, will be held both in-person and remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic.