Freedom House’s recently released report card on the UN Human Rights Council has noted how human rights abusing countries on the Council often try to prevent NGOs from being able to report on abuses by repeatedly interrupting them as they speak during their designated time slots. Freedom House says this practice is clearly demonstrated during a short speech by Kristyana Valcheva (a Bulgarian nurse imprisoned and tortured for over 8 years in Libya on false charges), who was speaking on behalf of Freedom House. Valcheva was repeatedly interrupted by Libya, Iran, China and Cuba.