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UN experts urge China to release lawyer Jiang Tianyong
Wednesday, 6 September 2017, 7:56 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (6 September 2017) – A group of United Nations human rights experts has called on the Government of China to immediately release the prominent lawyer and human rights defender Jiang Tianyong, who is on trial for inciting subversion of ... More >>
Yemen: An “entirely man-made catastrophe”
Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 8:11 pm | UNHCHR
Yemen: An “entirely man-made catastrophe” – UN human rights report urges international investigation GENEVA (5 September 2017) – Human rights violations and abuses continue unabated in Yemen, along with unrelenting violations of international humanitarian ... More >>
Sierra Leone: UN human rights expert sounds alarm
Saturday, 26 August 2017, 12:38 pm | UNHCHR
FREETOWN / GENEVA (25 August 2017) – People in Sierra Leone are suffering daily exposure to toxic waste and the Government needs to step up its response, a United Nations human rights expert has warned. More >>
UNHCHR: Yemen, Cambodia, Guatemala
Saturday, 26 August 2017, 12:38 pm | UNHCHR
Our Office in Yemen has been gathering more information about an airstrike by Coalition Forces that hit a hotel in Sana’a Governorate on Wednesday 23 August. So far we have been able to confirm that 33 civilians were killed and another 25 injured in ... More >>
Nigeria: UN experts denounce ultimatum and death threats
Saturday, 26 August 2017, 12:36 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (25 August 2017) – An ultimatum telling Nigeria’s Igbo minority in the north of the country to flee their homes is of “grave concern”, a group of United Nations human rights experts* has warned. More >>
UN body criticizes failure to reject racist violent events
Wednesday, 23 August 2017, 8:43 pm | UNHCHR
UN body criticizes US “failure at the highest political level to unequivocally reject racist violent events” More >>
Zeid welcomes rape law reform in Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan
Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 8:49 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (22 August 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday warmly welcomed the repeal of laws in Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan that allowed rapists to avoid criminal prosecution by marrying their victims. More >>
Justice essential to help Iraqi victims of ISIL
Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 8:26 pm | UNHCHR
Justice essential to help Iraqi victims of ISIL’s sexual violence rebuild lives – UN report More >>
UN: Samoa - Women’s rights integral to mindset-change
Saturday, 19 August 2017, 12:06 pm | UNHCHR
UN experts say women’s sexual and reproductive rights integral to mindset-change in tackling gender discrimination in Samoa More >>
Venezuela must end systematic detentions
Saturday, 5 August 2017, 2:47 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (4 August 2017) - The Government of Venezuela must stop systematically detaining protesters and end the growing use of military tribunals to try civilians, a group of United Nations human rights experts* has said. More >>
Government complicity in ethnic-based massacres in Kasai
Saturday, 5 August 2017, 2:46 pm | UNHCHR
DRC: Victims’ harrowing accounts indicate Government complicity in ethnic-based massacres in Kasai – UN report GENEVA (4 August 2017) – Violence in the Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo appears to be taking on an increasing ... More >>
First mission to Samoa by a UN human rights expert group
Thursday, 3 August 2017, 6:21 pm | UNHCHR
Discrimination against women: First mission ever to Samoa by a UN human rights expert group More >>
Honduras human rights
Saturday, 29 July 2017, 1:18 pm | UNHCHR
Senior UN human rights official urges increased protection of human rights defenders after his visit to Honduras More >>
Briefing Notes - Vietnam, Venezuela
Saturday, 29 July 2017, 12:07 pm | UNHCHR
(1) Vietnam We are concerned about the intensifying crackdown against human rights defenders in Vietnam who have questioned or criticised the Government and its policies. On Tuesday, a well-known activist, Tran Thi Nga, was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment ... More >>
Tanzania Reported attacks on persons with albinism decline
Saturday, 29 July 2017, 12:05 pm | UNHCHR
Tanzania: “Reported attacks against persons with albinism decline, but root causes still rife in rural areas” – UN expert More >>
Yemen airstrike
Saturday, 22 July 2017, 1:13 pm | UNHCHR
Our office in Yemen has gathered more information about a deadly airstrike that took place in a small village in Taizz Governorate in Yemen on Tuesday, 18 July. The Arab Coalition Forces airstrike took place in Al Asheerah village, which is near the town ... More >>
Turkey: UN experts seek release of all rights defenders
Saturday, 15 July 2017, 1:12 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (14 July 2017) - A group of United Nations experts* has today called on the Government of Turkey to immediately release nine human rights defenders and two foreign trainers who are being questioned over alleged membership of a terrorist organization. More >>
UN Human Rights - Venezuela Bahrain
Saturday, 15 July 2017, 1:11 pm | UNHCHR
The situation in Venezuela continues to be of deep concern, and we again urge all in the country to use only peaceful means to make themselves heard. We note that a public consultation is due to take place this Sunday, organised by the opposition-led ... More >>
North Korea / Human rights: UN Expert
Saturday, 15 July 2017, 1:09 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA / SEOUL (14 July 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Tomás OJEA QUINTANA, will visit Seoul from 17 to 21 July. More >>
UN expert to visit Myanmar to assess rights
Saturday, 8 July 2017, 2:00 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (7 July 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will undertake her sixth information-gathering visit to the country from 10 to 21 July. More >>
