As UN Bans Inner City Press for 3076th Day Silence on Huawei Spying and Guyana Visa

As UN Bans Inner City Press for 3076th Day Silence on Huawei Spying and Guyana Visa by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack UN GATE, Sept 21 – Inner City Press remains banned from UN Headquarters since July 2018, with no hearing and no appeal, and its July 25, 2026 application to enter in person and ask questions has drawn no response to date from either Secretary-General Guterres' office or the U.S. Mission, despite Ambassador Michael Waltz's own "Make the UN Great Again" rhetoric. Submitted on the morning of Sept 21, 2026 to UN spokespeople, Stephane Dujarric, Antonio Guterres, Amina J. Mohammed, Melissa Fleming, et al: Sept 21-1: On surveillance of dissidents and others, what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on UN Global Compact member Huawei and these activities, with states speaking in the UNGA High Level Week he is banning Inner City Press from?  Kenya — Site of Africa's first Huawei "Safe City" deployment, in Nairobi in 2014, installed before Kenya had any data protection law (enacted 2019); Huawei's own claimed 46% crime-rate reduction was contradicted by Kenya's own National Police Service crime statistics.  Serbia — Huawei's "Safe City Belgrade" video surveillance deployment, discussed in depth earlier in this project's own FOIA request to Serbia's Ministry of Interior.    Iran — Huawei has faced sustained scrutiny over technology sales to Iran despite U.S. sanctions, including reported surveillance and censorship-enabling equipment used by Iranian authorities; this is distinct from, but related to, the Meng Wanzhou Iran-sanctions case Inner City Press is live tweeting in Federal court in Brooklyn.  Sept 21-2: On Gabon what are the comments and action if any of SG Guterres and separately of France ONU / PR Bonnafont on this: former president Ali Bongo addressed the issue of ill-gotten gains in a video message on Saturday, September 19. While some of his close associates have been referred to the Paris criminal court, the fifth vice-president of the Senate, Marc Ona, believes he is trying to manipulate public opinion. Sept 21-3: Can the UN (or Guyana Mission / PR, cc-ed) confirm or deny that Guyana Judge Gino Persaud has had his US visa blocked?  And still those previously asked, including:  What are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on the USA v. Huawei trial that began September 9, 2026 in Federal court in Brooklyn, regarding among other things Huawei helping Iran's government to surveil its own citizens without their knowledge and the testimony which Inner City Press covered live as it is asking to be able to cover the UN?  New on Huawei: What are the comments and actions of SG Guterres - and the UN Global Compact - on the evidence that Huawei helped Museveni track and attack Bobi Wine? After the briefing, attended by a UN Correspondent who did a fundraiser with Ghislaine Maxwell, nothing - not even an acknowledgment of receipt. Days previous: What inquiry if any did the UN do after the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking, and Amir Dossal's service as 1 of 5 people on her Terramar Foundation's board? On what basis does Mr. Dossal (unlike Inner City Press which reports on sex trafficking and the UN) have access to the UN, for example yesterday at Ivonne A-Baki's stakeout? What was his role there, and in her team? What type of UN entrance pass does Mr. Dossal have? On deadline: confirm receipt of that application, and state what, if anything, either office has done about it.  Inner City Press will continue to ask these questions daily, and to report the silence when that is the answer. Watch this site. *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com