Bayefsky informed Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that U.N.-accredited NGOs must provide transcripts and videos the day before the “Interactive Dialogue.” She suspects that the U.N. orchestrated the incident, suggesting that the council had seen her video and transcript beforehand and was aware of her planned remarks.
The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Spokesperson, Pascal Sim, did not respond immediately to Fox News Digital’s request for a comment regarding Bayefsky’s accusations.
Bayefsky stated to Fox News Digital, “It’s a complete charade. There is no freedom of speech at the U.N. for any NGO that exposes U.N. antisemitism. This censorship is not trivial. It is a direct assault that the U.N. is waging against Jews, Americans, and freedom of speech.”
Bayefsky explained to Fox News Digital that she started her video this way because she was allotted 1 minute and 30 seconds to address the council and wanted to “get right to the point.”
UN Human Rights Council President Jurg Lauber, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk stand for a minute of silence in tribute to the victims of human rights violations, at the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on Feb. 24, 2025. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
“The actual horrors of the extermination of the Bibas babies by Palestinians was off limits and pointing out the UN responsibility for their murder and torture was ‘inappropriate,’” Bayefsky said.
Bayefsky also contends that another part of her video may have been to blame for the censorship.
“What U.N. officials knew, and the audience didn’t, was that in my statement I demanded accountability for High Commissioner Türk himself – one of the world’s primary drivers of Palestinian terrorism and antisemitism on a global scale,” Bayefsky told Fox News Digital.
In a transcript of the blocked video shared with Fox News Digital, Bayefsky calls Türk a “High Commissioner for Human Wrongs” and says he has “the blood of Jewish innocents on his hands.”
Critics, including Bayefsky, have slammed Türk for putting out a statement on Oct. 7, 2023, that appeared to equate Hamas’ attacks with Israel’s response. In the statement, Türk says he was “shocked and appalled” by the violent attacks before going on to condemn Israel.
In response to a Fox News Digital request for comment on Bayefsky’s video being cut off, Sim said that “the words of the President of the Human Rights Council speak for themselves.”
During the same hearing, Qatar was allowed to accuse Israel of being a “torturer,” using “collective punishment,” and attempting “to impose Judaism” in the West Bank and Gaza without any evidence or interruption. Multiple speakers were also allowed to accuse Israel of carrying out a genocide, also with no objection from Lauber.
Additionally, Defense for Children International, which describes itself as a “local Palestinian child rights organization,” claimed that “Israeli soldiers know that they can kill Palestinian children with impunity and not face any professional or legal consequences.” No evidence was offered, and the council did not object to the accusations.
View inside the U.N. Human Rights Council chamber in Geneva, Switzerland. (Getty Images)
“We know exactly why I was censored by knowing what the UN did not censor during this very same ‘dialogue,’” Bayefsky told Fox News Digital. “There was no censorship, no cut microphones, no problem saying Israel was committing ‘genocide against Palestinians’… The blood libels and incitement to hate and more violence was voluminous. And that was all just fine with the U.N.”
Bayefsky says it’s time for the U.S. to cut off funding to the OHCHR.
While President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. from participating in UNHRC, it did not address funding to OHCHR, Bayefsky explained.
“The bulk of American funding for the U.N. in this context is for Türk and his kingdom at the ‘U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’… If ever Americans needed one more reason not to pay another cent for U.N.-driven lethal antisemitism, this is it.”
