The UN Human Rights commission rejected an amendment...

The UN Human Rights commission rejected an amendment criticizing a dissident crackdown by Cuba, but instead approved a milder resolution calling for a UN rights monitor to visit the island. The UNHRC voted 31-15 against condemning the communist state's month long drive against dissidents and other opponents. The rejected amendment expressed "deep concern about the recent detention, summary prosecution and harsh sentencing of numerous members of the political opposition" and called for them to be released. The panel also voted 24-20 in favour of a resolution that urges Cuba to accept a visit by UN human rights investigator, French jurist Christine Chanet.