Human rights activists call for US exclusion from UN Human Rights Committee. Representatives of a number of human rights organizations from the United States, Russia, Austria and France sent an appeal to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The basis for this was the execution of US citizen Kenneth Eugene Smith, carried out by the American authorities with numerous and flagrant violations of international acts. According to witnesses, Smith appeared to be conscious as he “struggling violently on the gurney” during the killing process.