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Tunisia And Libya: UN Experts Condemn Collective Expulsion And Deplorable Living Conditions Of Migrants
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 6:22 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 November 2021) – UN human rights experts* today condemned Tunisia’s recent collective expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers, pointing to allegations that they were subjected to brutal racism and arbitrarily expelled to dangerous conditions ... More >>
UN Experts Say Israeli Settlement Expansion ‘Tramples’ On Human Rights Law
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 8:05 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 November 2021) – UN human rights experts* today sharply condemned the recent announcement by the Israeli Government that it is advancing plans to build thousands of new housing units in its West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements. “The ... More >>
Afghanistan: Human Rights Defenders Living Under “Climate Of Fear” – UN Expert
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 7:58 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 November 2021) – Human rights defenders in Afghanistan describe living under a climate of fear, threats, intense insecurity and growing desperation, a UN expert said today, calling for an urgent coordinated response from the international ... More >>
Sudan: UN Expert Deplores Deadly Military Response To Protests
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 6:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 November 2021) – A UN human rights expert today expressed alarm at the ongoing violent repression of peaceful demonstrations in Sudan, and the excessive use of force against those protesting the military coup d’état of 25 October. ... More >>
Kyrgyzstan: Investigate Death Threats Against Human Rights Defender – UN Expert
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 6:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 November 2021) – Kyrgyzstan must investigate death threats against human rights defender Kamilzhan Ruziev instead of harassing him for making complaints against the police, a UN human rights expert said today. “It is extremely disturbing that ... More >>
States Must Investigate And Prosecute Violence Against Journalists – UN Experts
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 6:37 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2 November 2021 GENEVA (2 November 2021) – On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and ... More >>
Cambodia: Stop Using Courts To Persecute People Who Stand Up For Human Rights UN Experts
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 7:54 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (02 November 2021) – UN experts* today sharply criticized Cambodia for “weaponising” its court system to methodically reduce the scope for citizen action, and called on the country to protect freedom of expression after convictions of 15 ... More >>
Tax Air Travel And Sea Shipping To Help Climate-vulnerable Nations, UN Expert Tells COP-26 Leaders
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 6:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 October 2021) New taxes on air travel and maritime shipping could raise the billions of dollars needed to help the countries suffering most from climate change, a UN expert said today in a message directed at world leaders gathering ... More >>
Viet Nam: Release Writer Held On “Propaganda” Charges UN Experts
Saturday, 30 October 2021, 6:05 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 October 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Viet Nam to immediately and unconditionally release detained writer and woman human rights defender Ms Pham Doan Trang who faces “anti-State propaganda” charges and the possibility ... More >>
Mali: End To Impunity For Barbaric Attacks On “slaves” Long Overdue UN Experts
Friday, 29 October 2021, 8:33 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 October 2021) – A series of “barbaric” attacks this year against hundreds of people born into slavery in Mali beggars belief, UN human rights experts* said today, demanding that the West African country ensure justice for victims and ... More >>
UN Experts Alarmed By Growing Use Of Mercenaries In Cyberspace
Friday, 29 October 2021, 7:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (28 October 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed their alarm at the growing practice of mercenary-related activities in cyberspace, saying that private actors provide a wide range of military and security services in cyberspace, ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Expert Calls For Lifting Of Unilateral Sanctions, Urges Talks
Friday, 29 October 2021, 7:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
HARARE (28 October 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan, called for the lifting of unilateral sanctions against Zimbabwe, and urged meaningful structured dialogue on political reform, human rights and the rule ... More >>
UN Expert Criticises Boycott Of Durban Process, Calls For Urgent Action Against Transnational Racism
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 8:15 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (28 October 2021) – The UN’s expert on racism has strongly criticised countries boycotting the Durban Declaration and called on them to recommit to the principles for combatting racial discrimination and intolerance agreed at the landmark ... More >>
Human Trafficking Victims Must Be Protected Even In Fight Against Terrorism - UN Expert
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 6:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (27 October 2021) – Victims of trafficking by terrorist groups are too often being punished instead of protected. States fail to identify and protect victims, often because of their alleged association with terrorist groups, and related stigma, ... More >>
CAR: Russian Wagner Group Harassing And Intimidating Civilians – UN Experts
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 6:44 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 October 2021) – Civilians, including peacekeepers, journalists, aid workers and minorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been violently harassed and intimidated by so-called “Russian instructors” from the Wagner Group, ... More >>
UN Human Rights Expert To Visit Lebanon To Assess Poverty
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 8:42 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 October 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will undertake a human rights fact-finding mission to Lebanon from 1 to 12 November 2021 to examine the Government’s efforts to alleviate ... More >>
UN Expert: States Have Duty To Probe All Suspicious Deaths
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (26 October 2021) – Every person’s universal and absolute right not to be arbitrarily deprived of life requires that all potentially unlawful deaths be investigated, a UN human rights expert told the General Assembly today, saying ... More >>
Urgent Action Needed Against Exclusionary Rhetoric And Practices That Endanger Human Rights – UN Expert
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 6:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (26 October 2021) – A steep rise in discrimination and harsh rhetoric have put people who do not conform to gender norms – lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and gender-diverse people – at increased risk of persecution and violence, ... More >>
Belarus: Women Paying Heavy Price For Standing Up For Human Rights – UN Expert
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 7:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (25 October 2021) – Belarus denies women many rights and freedoms guaranteed by international human rights law, and is subjecting women activists to enforced disappearances, torture, ill-treatment and even exile, a human rights expert told ... More >>
UN Experts Condemn Israel’s Designation Of Palestinian Human Rights Defenders As Terrorist Organisations
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 6:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 October 2021) – UN human rights experts today strongly and unequivocally condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence, Benny Gantz, to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as terrorist organisations. ... More >>
