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UN Expert Urges UK Government To Prioritise The Review Of Indefinite Prison Sentences
Monday, 26 August 2024, 9:08 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Close to 2,800 people currently remain in prison serving an IPP sentence, with more than 200 others held in secure hospitals. More >>
Iran: Narges Mohammadi And Other Detainees With Life-threatening Conditions Need Urgent Medical Treatment, Say Experts
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 6:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
We reiterate our calls for the immediate release of human rights defenders and all other individuals in Iranian detention facilities who are currently being held arbitrarily. More >>
International Community Must Not Normalise Taliban Rule In Afghanistan
Saturday, 17 August 2024, 8:30 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Taliban’s claim that the rights of over half of Afghanistan’s population is an internal matter is incompatible with Afghanistan’s international obligations and commitments and membership of the United Nations. More >>
Zimbabwe Must Release Human Rights Defenders Ahead Of SADC Summit, Say Experts
Friday, 16 August 2024, 10:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately release human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily detained for over two weeks and drop charges against them, independent human rights experts* said today. More >>
Azerbaijan: Expert Concerned About Prosecution Of Human Rights Defenders And Journalists
Friday, 16 August 2024, 10:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, today expressed serious concern over the ongoing detention and prosecution of six human rights defenders and journalists in Azerbaijan. More >>
Bahrain Must Restore Rights In Jau Prison Amid Prisoner Protests, Say Experts
Friday, 16 August 2024, 10:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Immediate action must be taken to safeguard the rights of all prisoners in Jau prison in Bahrain, to ensure prisoners are treated humanely and with dignity, and avoid life-threatening consequences, independent human rights experts* warned today. More >>
UN Expert Strongly Condemns Attack At Lido Beach In Mogadishu
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
An independent human rights expert strongly condemned the 2 August suicide attack at Lido Beach in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu that killed 37 civilians and injured over 210, including many young people. More >>
Sports Bodies Must Pushback Against The Taliban’s Ban On Women Participating In Sports, Say UN Experts
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“For nearly three years, the Taliban has barred women and girls in Afghanistan from participating in all sports, an unacceptable abrogation of their rights, which no other country imposes,” the experts said. More >>
Experts Urge Australia To Pay Compensation Owed To Victims Of War Crimes In Afghanistan
Friday, 9 August 2024, 10:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A group of independent experts* today called on Australia to immediately fulfil its commitment to compensate the families of 39 murdered victims of war crimes committed by the Australian military in Afghanistan. More >>
Expert Denounces Killing Of Two More Journalists In Gaza And Demands Full Accountability
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 8:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
An independent human rights expert today condemned the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al-Rifi in Gaza on 1 August 2024. More >>
Independent Experts Condemn Escalating Violence In The Middle East, Urge Ceasefire And Accountability
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 8:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“This attack appears to be in violation of both international humanitarian law and international human rights law”, the experts said. More >>
Israel’s Escalating Use Of Torture Against Palestinians In Custody A Preventable Crime Against Humanity: UN Experts
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison are grossly illegal and revolting, but they only represent the tip of the iceberg, independent human rights experts warned recently. More >>
Russia: All Remaining Human Rights Defenders, Journalists And Anti-War Critics Convicted In Sham Trials Must Be Released
Sunday, 4 August 2024, 4:15 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Most of the released were arbitrarily detained for peacefully opposing the Russian government and its war against Ukraine through human rights advocacy, journalism, artistic expression, and political activism. More >>
End Dangerous Fixation With GDP As Way To Eradicate Global Poverty: UN Expert
Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 8:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The widely held belief that increasing economic growth will solve global poverty is wrong and leading the world down a dangerous path, the UN’s independent expert on poverty* warned on Tuesday. More >>
UN Experts Condemn Outrageous Disregard For Palestinian Civilians During Israel’s Military Operation In Nuseirat
Saturday, 15 June 2024, 5:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
On 8 June, Israeli Occupation Forces – allegedly assisted by foreign soldiers – entered Nuseirat disguised as displaced persons and aid workers in a humanitarian truck. They violently raided the area, assaulting residents with intense ground and ... More >>
Peru: Draft Bill Establishing Statute Of Limitations On Atrocity Crimes Contravenes International Standards
Saturday, 15 June 2024, 4:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The adoption of bill 6951/2023-CR pending approval before the Peruvian Congress, would foreclose the criminal prosecution, conviction and sanction of persons who committed such crimes before July 2002, impeding access to justice, and the right ... More >>
Ukraine’s Real-time Investigations Of War-related Unlawful Killings Sets Unique Model And Requires Full Support
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 4:05 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN expert today commended exceptional efforts by Ukrainian authorities and investigative agencies to establish truth and justice for victims of unlawful killings from the Russian aggression and their families and hold perpetrators accountable. More >>
Violence And Threats Against Journalists Reporting On Iran From Abroad Must Stop, Warn UN Experts
Friday, 31 May 2024, 4:36 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN experts today condemned violence, threats, intimidation against the Persian language news service Iran International, its journalists and staff and its owner Volant Media UK Limited. More >>
Indonesia: UN Experts Urge Accountability After Violent Intimidation Of Human Rights Defenders At Water Forum Event
Friday, 31 May 2024, 4:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN independent experts said today they were deeply disturbed by reports of threats and intimidation towards human rights and water defenders, civil society organisations and academics that compelled the cancellation of the People’s Water Forum (PWF). More >>
UN Experts Outraged By Israeli Strikes On Civilians Sheltering In Rafah Camps
Thursday, 30 May 2024, 4:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 May 2024) Israeli air strikes on a camp sheltering displaced civilians in Tal al-Sultan in Rafah, that have reportedly claimed at least 46 lives including 23 women, children and older persons on Sunday night are an outrage, UN ... More >>
