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UN Experts Urge Release Of Rights Defenders In Egypt, Condemn Misuse Of Counter-terrorism Measures
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 7:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 December 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Egypt to halt the misuse of counter-terrorism measures against civil society activists, lawyers, journalists and human rights defenders, and to immediately release three of those ... More >>
Lebanon: Cease Threats And Intimidation Of Human Rights Lawyer – UN Expert
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 7:44 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 December 2021) – Lebanon must immediately cease the threats and intimidation of Mohammad Ahmad Samir Sablouh, a human rights defender and lawyer who has worked to assist victims of torture, arbitrary detention and Syrian refugees facing deportation, ... More >>
States Must Prioritize Health And Equality Over Profits And Vaccine Hoarding, UN Experts Say
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 6:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Omicron and other new variants underline urgency to act GENEVA (29 November 2021) – UN human rights experts* today urged States to act decisively to ensure that all people have equal and universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, particularly those ... More >>
Indonesia: Stop Judicial Harassment Of Human Rights Defenders – UN Expert
Saturday, 27 November 2021, 6:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 November 2021) – Indonesia must immediately stop using criminal laws to harass four human rights defenders who have spoken out against alleged corruption, Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said ... More >>
UN Expert Hails India Plan To Repeal Contentious Farm Laws, Urges Accountability For Casualties
Saturday, 27 November 2021, 6:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 November 2021) – A UN human rights expert welcomed India's decision to repeal three contentious farm laws that sparked a year of nationwide protests which left 600 people dead, and urged the Government to ensure accountability for ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Say Executions Of Child Offenders Must Stop
Friday, 26 November 2021, 7:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 November 2021) UN human rights experts* today strongly condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali, convicted for an alleged murder committed when he was 17, and demanded that Iran stop sentencing children to death. There are currently ... More >>
UN Human Rights Expert To Visit Nepal To Assess Poverty
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 6:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 November 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will visit Nepal from 29 November to 9 December 2021 to examine the Government’s efforts to alleviate poverty. "Nepal has taken ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Expert To Visit To Assess Contemporary Forms Of Slavery
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 6:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 November 2021) The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, will undertake his first country visit to Sri Lanka from 26 November to 3 December 2021. He will examine the labour conditions in various ... More >>
USA: ‘New Deal’ Needed To End Hate, Exclusion, Discrimination Against Minorities, Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 7:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 November 2021) – A UN human rights expert today urged the United States of America to overhaul legislation to prevent increasing exclusion, discrimination and hate speech and crimes against minorities, saying the legal landscape for the ... More >>
Hungary: Government’s Stranglehold On Media Poses Serious Risks To Human Rights - UN Expert
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 6:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 November 2021) - Hungary’s interventions in the media sector over the past decade could create risks for human rights in the upcoming elections, the UN expert on freedom of opinion and expression said at the end of an official visit ... More >>
China: Journalist Jailed For COVID Reporting Seriously Ill, Must Be Released – UN Experts
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 6:52 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 November 2021) - UN human rights experts* today urged China to immediately release imprisoned citizen journalist and woman human rights defender Zhang Zhan on humanitarian grounds, saying her health is deteriorating rapidly and her life ... More >>
Saint Vincent And Grenadines: UN Expert To Assess Effect Of Climate Change And Environmental Risks On Human Rights
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 6:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 November 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David R. Boyd, will visit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 25 November to 2 December. This is the first visit of the Special Rapporteur to a small island ... More >>
Honduras: Release Guapinol Defenders And Honour Pledges Made To UN – Human Rights Experts
Monday, 22 November 2021, 6:46 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 November 2021) –UN human rights experts* today urged Honduras, elected to the Human Rights Council last month, to release eight environmental defenders in line with recommendations made by another UN body. “As a new member of the UN ... More >>
UN Experts Deplore Expulsion By Egypt Of Eritrean Family Seeking Asylum In Violation Of The Principle Of Non-refoulement
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 7:32 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 November 2021) – UN human rights experts expressed grave concerns about the forced return of seven Eritrean asylum seekers today, including five children, from Egypt, despite the risk of enforced disappearance, torture and ill-treatment, ... More >>
Greece: Guilty Verdict For Migrant Rights Defenders Could Mean More Deaths At Sea – UN Expert
Friday, 19 November 2021, 7:42 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 November 2021) – A UN human rights expert urged judicial authorities in Greece against criminalising the work of migrant rescuers in the Mediterranean Sea, saying a guilty verdict in a court case against two human rights defenders whose ... More >>
Iran: Repeal “Crippling” New Anti-abortion Law – UN Experts
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 7:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (16 November 2021) UN human rights experts* today called on Iran to repeal a wide-ranging new law that severely restricts access to abortion, contraception, voluntary sterilization services and related information, in direct violation of ... More >>
Lebanon: UN Poverty Expert Says Government Fails Population
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 6:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
BEIRUT (12 November 2021) – The Lebanese authorities’ destruction of the national currency, political deadlock, and reinforcement of long-standing inequalities have plunged the country into abject poverty, a UN human rights expert said today. “Lebanon ... More >>
Hungary: UN Expert To Visit To Assess Freedom Of Opinion And Expression
Friday, 12 November 2021, 6:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 November 2021) The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, will visit Hungary from 15 to 22 November 2021. She will examine the enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression in Hungary, ... More >>
UN Experts Alarmed By Rise In Settler Violence In Occupied Palestinian Territory
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 5:17 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* have expressed alarm at the rising rate of violence directed by Israeli settlers towards Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory. “Settler violence has always been an extremely disturbing feature of the Israeli occupation,” ... More >>
UN Experts Alarmed By Rise In Settler Violence In Occupied Palestinian Territory
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 6:42 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 November 2021) – UN human rights experts* have expressed alarm at the rising rate of violence directed by Israeli settlers towards Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory. “Settler violence has always been an extremely ... More >>
