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Comment By UN Human Rights Chief On Sentencing Of Opposition Politician And Journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza In Russia
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 5:37 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The 25-year prison sentence handed down today by a Moscow court against opposition politician and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza is another blow to the rule of law and civic space in the Russian Federation. Kara-Murza was tried on charges that appear ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk Condemns Myanmar Attacks
Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 11 April 2023 I am horrified by reports of today’s airstrikes by Myanmar fighter jets on a community hall in the Sagaing region, an opposition stronghold in the northwest of the country, that killed dozens of people, including women and ... More >>
Burkina Faso: UN Human Rights Chief troubled by further curbs on media and civic space
Friday, 7 April 2023, 5:42 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (6 April 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday said he was deeply troubled by restrictions on media and civic space in Burkina Faso after the suspension of media outlets and expulsion of two foreign correspondents ... More >>
Human Rights Spotlight On Libya Must Be Maintained – Türk
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 5:28 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (3 April 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday stressed that his Office will strengthen its work on Libya, where the human rights situation continues to deteriorate amid widespread violence by armed actors, ... More >>
Bangladesh: Türk Urges Immediate Suspension Of Digital Security Act As Media Crackdown Continues
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 5:57 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (31 March 2023) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called on Bangladesh to suspend immediately its application of the Digital Security Act. “I am concerned that the Digital Security Act is being used across Bangladesh to arrest, harass and ... More >>
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk addresses UN Human Rights Council on situation in Ukraine
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 5:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 31 March 2023 Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, The Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine has thrown us back to an archaic era. An era when a neighbouring country’s territory could be attacked and taken, at will, as one’s ... More >>
Guatemala: Türk Warns Against Reprisals Targeting Justice Officials
Friday, 31 March 2023, 6:51 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (30 March 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday voiced his alarm at the continued erosion of the rule of law in Guatemala, where justice officials, including those who worked for or cooperated with the UN-backed ... More >>
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief on request for climate change opinion from International Court of Justice
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 6:07 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 29 March 2023 I warmly welcome the landmark resolution adopted today by UN General Assembly – a resolution that seeks clarity on States’ legal and human rights obligations relative to climate change, responding to the pleas from small ... More >>
Comment by UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on Afghanistan
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 5:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We are alarmed by the ongoing arbitrary arrests and detentions of civil society activists and media workers in Afghanistan, in particular the targeting of those who speak out against the de facto authorities’ discriminatory policies restricting ... More >>
North Korea: Truth, Justice And Reparations Needed For Victims Of Enforced Disappearance And Abduction – UN Report
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 7:32 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA / SEOUL (28 March 2023) – A report published today by the UN Human Rights Office vividly details the ongoing suffering of victims of enforced disappearance and abduction by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The report calls for ... More >>
Uganda: Türk Urges President Not To Sign Shocking Anti-homosexuality Bill
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 6:22 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (22 March 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the adoption in Uganda of draconian new legislation targeting lesbian, gay and bisexual people was devastating and deeply disturbing, and called on President ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Haiti; (2) Afghanistan; (3) Burundi
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 5:44 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 21 March 2023 Subject: (1) Haiti (2) Afghanistan (3) Burundi 1) ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk Concludes His Official Visit To Kazakhstan
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 5:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Astana, 17 March 2023 Good afternoon (kayirly kun). Thank you for coming. I would also like to thank the Government very much for their invitation and their warm welcome. This has been a whirlwind visit. It just lasted a day-and-a-half, and in that time ... More >>
Belarus Must End Systematic Repression, Release Detainees, UN Human Rights Chief Says
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 5:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (17 March 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged the Government of Belarus to end the systematic repression of perceived critics and immediately release all detainees held on political grounds, in a UN Human Rights ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk Concludes His Official Visit To Uzbekistan With A Press Conference
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 6:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Barchaga assalomu alaykum (Good afternoon everyone). Thank you for coming and let me begin by thanking very much the Government of Uzbekistan for the invitation to visit. I have been warmly received over the past three days, and I have had frank ... More >>
2023 UN Human Rights Prize Open For Nominations
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA/NEW YORK (14 March 2023) - Nominations are now open for the 2023 UN Human Rights Prize, which recognizes individuals and organisations for outstanding achievements in human rights. The award ceremony will take place at UN Headquarters in New York ... More >>
Global Update To The UN Human Rights Council By Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 6:24 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 7 March 2023 Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, This Council session focuses on a number of situations that are of particular concern, and we will be delivering statements in relation to country situations throughout this session. ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Sentencing Of Human Rights Defenders In Belarus
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 5:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 3 March 2023 The prison sentences delivered today in Belarus against four human rights defenders, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, on smuggling and extremism-related charges, are deeply troubling and indicative of the ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Cambodia
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 5:42 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 3 March 2023 Subject: Cambodia The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said today he is dismayed by the 27-year sentence handed down against ... More >>
Military’s ‘Four Cuts’ Doctrine Drives Perpetual Human Rights Crisis In Myanmar, Says UN Report
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (3 March 2023) – Myanmar’s military has created a perpetual human rights crisis through the continuous use of violence, including the killing, arbitrary arrest, torture and enforced disappearance of anti-coup opponents, a report published by ... More >>
