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The United Nations General Assembly has suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" by invading Russian troops in Ukraine.

The US-led push garnered 93 votes in favour, while 24 countries voted against and 58 countries abstained. A two-thirds majority of voting members - abstentions do not count - was needed to suspend Russia from the 47-member council.

Suspensions are rare. Libya was suspended in 2011 because of violence against protesters by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/04/07/ukraine-war-news-live-russia-sanctions-losses-putin-zelensky/

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