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Cambodia: UN Experts Condemn Conviction Of Trade Union Leader, Systematic Crackdown On Human Rights Defenders
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 6:29 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 August 2021) – UN human rights experts have sharply criticised Cambodian authorities over the conviction of prominent human rights defender Rong Chhun, sentenced to prison last week along with two of his supporters over comments he made on Facebook ... More >>
Brazil: Supreme Court Must Uphold Indigenous Land Rights – UN Expert
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 6:52 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 August 2021) – A UN human rights expert today called on the Brazilian Supreme Court to secure the rights of indigenous peoples to their lands and to reject a legal argument being promoted by some businesses that want to exploit natural resources ... More >>
Eritrea: UN Experts Demand Release Of Human Rights Defender Held 20 Years Without Charge
Thursday, 19 August 2021, 6:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 August 2021) UN experts today demanded the release of journalist and human rights defender Dawit Isaak, imprisoned without trial in Eritrea since 2001, amid uncertainty about whether he is even still alive. “To this day, Dawit Isaak ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Expert Warns Of “Cultural Disaster”, Urges Visas For The Vulnerable
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 6:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 August 2021) – A UN human rights expert today warned of a “cultural disaster” in Afghanistan after Kabul fell to Taliban forces, and urged States to provide urgent assistance to human rights defenders, including those working on women’s ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN experts urge swift global action
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 5:32 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Afghanistan: UN experts urge swift global action to protect human rights and prevent ‘civilian slaughter’ More >>
UN experts call for end to police brutality worldwide
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 5:36 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (13 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* have expressed alarm at what they describe as a “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide” and warned States of the grave danger arising from such abuse for human rights and ... More >>
UN experts condemn raid on West Bank NGO
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 5:34 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (13 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* have called on the Government of Israel to immediately return confidential documents and office equipment that its military seized from the offices of Defense for Children International-Palestine ... More >>
Ghana: Anti-LGBTI Draft Bill A “Recipe For Violence” – UN Experts
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 6:58 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* urged Ghana’s Government to reject a proposed ‘family values’ bill, saying it seeks to establish a system of State-sponsored discrimination and violence against the LGBTI community. The first ... More >>
Armenia Must Drop “Intimidating” Criminal Charges Against Minority Rights Activist – UN Experts
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 6:57 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 August 2021) – Armenia must stop intimidating human rights defender Sashik Sultanyan, founder of the Yezidi Center for Human Rights, who faces criminal charges for speaking out in support of minority rights, UN human rights experts* ... More >>
Israel Must Safeguard Human Rights Defenders In Occupied Palestinian Territory And Within Its Borders – UN Expert
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 6:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 August 2021) – A UN expert today expressed concern over arrests, harassment, criminalisation and threats against human rights defenders in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, and called on Israel to make sure all Palestinian human rights ... More >>
Tigray Conflict: All Combatants Have The Obligation To Protect Eritrean Refugees – UN Expert
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 5:57 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 August 2021) – Eritrean refugees trapped in the midst of the armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are being targeted by both sides to the conflict, a UN expert warned today, calling on all parties to take measures to protect refugees ... More >>
Indigenous Peoples Still Face Severe Challenges Due To COVID-19
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 5:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples | 9 August 2021 Indigenous Peoples still face severe challenges due to COVID-19 GENEVA (6 August 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Cali Tzay, ... More >>
Weak State Protection Of Civilians Threatens Mali’s Existence -- UN Expert
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 5:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
BAMAKO (6 August 2021) - Violence is spreading so rapidly across Mali that it threatens the very survival of the state, the United Nations expert on human rights in the country said at the end of an 11-day official visit where he heard about an increase ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Governments To Crack Down On Hate Speech And Crimes Targeting Romani And Minorities
Saturday, 31 July 2021, 5:44 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Roma Holocaust Memorial Day | 2 August 2021 GENEVA (30 July 2021) – Roma around the world must not be made scapegoats of politicians, or demonized and targeted on social media, Fernand de Varennes, the UN special rapporteur on minority issues, ... More >>
Mercenaries And Related Private Contractors Must Leave Libya To Pave Way For Peace, Elections – UN Experts
Saturday, 31 July 2021, 5:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (30 July 2021) – UN experts* today called for all mercenaries and mercenary-related private contractors to leave Libya, saying their departure is long overdue, and is a vital precondition to peaceful elections scheduled for later this year. “Nine ... More >>
Zambia Must Treat Children Suffering From Lead Poisoning, Clean Up Former Mine Area – UN Experts
Friday, 30 July 2021, 6:43 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 July 2021) – Zambia must immediately provide medical treatment to thousands of children suffering from lead poisoning, and must take swift steps to clean up areas contaminated by residue from what was once the country’s largest lead mine, ... More >>
Witchcraft Killings Of People With Albinism Rose During Pandemic – UN Expert
Friday, 30 July 2021, 6:42 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 July 2021) – Killings of people with albinism have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as some people plunged into poverty turned to witchcraft in hopes of gaining quick wealth, Ikponwosa Ero, the outgoing UN independent expert ... More >>
CAR Must Impartially Investigate Bongboto Killings And Bring Killers To Justice – UN Expert
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 6:18 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 July 2021) - A UN expert called on authorities in the Central African Republic to thoroughly investigate the killing of 13 individuals whose bodies were found by UN peacekeepers north of the capital, Bangui, last week. “I deplore the ... More >>
Myanmar: Expert Calls For “COVID Ceasefire”; Urges New UN Resolution
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 6:16 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GEVEVA (27 July 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar called on the United Nations Security Council and Member States to push for an emergency “COVID ceasefire” today in light of an explosion of COVID-19 ... More >>
Palestinian Election: Free, Fair, Democratic And Credible Vote Must Include East Jerusalem – UN Experts
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 6:37 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 July 2021) - UN human rights experts* today called upon the Palestinian Authority and Israel, the occupying power, to take all steps necessary within their respective powers to re-schedule the elections for the Palestinian presidency, the ... More >>
