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Lao PDR: Five Years After Arrest, Human Rights Defenders Still Denied Access To Lawyers – UN Expert
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 6:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 April 2021) – A UN expert called on the Government of Lao PDR to immediately release three human rights defenders who have been detained for more than five years, saying their continued imprisonment was an impediment to the advancement of human ... More >>
CAR: Experts Alarmed By Government’s Use Of “Russian Trainers”, Close Contacts With UN Peacekeepers
Friday, 2 April 2021, 7:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (31 March 2021) – A group of UN experts * today expressed alarm at the increased recruitment and use of private military and foreign security contractors by the Government of Central African Republic, and their close contacts with UN peacekeepers. ... More >>
Indonesia: UN Experts Flag Rights Concerns Over $3b Tourism Project
Friday, 2 April 2021, 7:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (31 March 2021) UN human rights experts today urged the Indonesian Government to respect human rights and the rule of law amid reports that a US$3 billion tourism project on Lombok island has involved aggressive land grabs, forced evictions of ... More >>
Belarus Must End Pattern Of Police Brutality And Impunity: UN Experts
Friday, 2 April 2021, 7:45 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 April 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Belarus to end the continued pattern of excessive use of force, arrests, arbitrary detention and ill-treatment against protesters and the repression of journalists and media personnel. ... More >>
Iraq: UN Experts Appalled By Killing Of Disappeared Human Rights Defender’s Father
Saturday, 27 March 2021, 7:45 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 March 2021) – UN human rights experts* today expressed alarm at the killing of Mr. Jasib Hattab Abboud Al Heliji, father of human rights defender Mr. Ali Jasib Hattab Al Heliji, who remains forcibly disappeared. “We are appalled ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Urges Emergency Summit To Head Off Deepening Crisis
Friday, 26 March 2021, 7:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 March 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, today warned that the pace and scope of the international response to the military coup in Myanmar is falling short of what is required to ... More >>
Turkey: Withdrawal From Istanbul Convention Is A Pushback Against Women’s Rights, Say Human Rights Experts
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 March 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and other UN and regional human rights experts* today deeply regretted the decision by ... More >>
Historic Consensus On Freedoms Of Religion And Expression At Risk, Say UN Experts
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:17 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 March 2021) – United Nations human rights experts said today digitalisation and the COVID-19 pandemic had facilitated a new wave of stigma, racism, xenophobia and hate targeting minorities and those considered “others”, often promoted by ... More >>
Lebanon: Intellectual’s Murder Needs In-depth Inquiry To Dispel Doubts Over Justice System, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 7:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 March 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Lebanon to ensure a credible and effective investigation into the brutal killing of a prominent intellectual, Mr. Lokman Slim, and bring the perpetrators to justice. ... More >>
Belarus: Crackdown On Human Rights Defenders Deepens – Expert
Saturday, 20 March 2021, 5:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 March 2021) – UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor said today she was concerned by an increasing crackdown against human rights defenders in Belarus, citing two cases of suspected reprisals against ... More >>
Philippines: Expert Urges Congress To Enact Human Rights Defenders Law
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:14 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 March 2021) – A UN expert today called on the Philippine Congress to prioritise the passage of legislation for the protection of human rights defenders. “Enacting legislation at the national level is an important means by which States ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Experts Raise Alarm Over Forced Evictions, Escalation Of Rights Violations
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 March 2021) – UN human rights experts* today deplored allegations of forced evictions, arbitrary detention and killings of pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar, saying States should consider applying the principle of universal jurisdiction ... More >>
Iran: Ahmadreza Djalali Nearing Death In Solitary Confinement, Torture Must End Now
Friday, 19 March 2021, 5:44 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 March 2021) — UN human rights experts* today demanded that Iranian authorities immediately release arbitrarily detained Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali who is reportedly in a critical condition and near death after months of ... More >>
Tsunami Of Hate And Xenophobia Targeting Minorities Must Be Tackled, Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 8:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 March 2021) – Social media have become platforms for the spread of hate, prejudice and incitement to violence and atrocities against minorities, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council today, calling for an international treaty to ... More >>
CAR Elections: Rights And Safety Of Voters And Candidates Must Be Protected, Says UN Expert
Saturday, 13 March 2021, 6:45 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 March 2021) - A UN expert said today authorities in the Central African Republic must ensure the protection of candidates, voters and electoral materials in the country’s second round of legislative elections and by-elections on March ... More >>
USA: UN Experts Call For President Biden To End Death Penalty
Friday, 12 March 2021, 7:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 March 2021) – UN human rights experts* have called on President Biden to do everything in his power to end executions in the United States, at both the federal and state level. “The death penalty is an abhorrent practice. It serves ... More >>
Cuba: Rights Of Human Rights Defenders Must Be Upheld, Says UN Expert
Friday, 12 March 2021, 7:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN expert today called on Cuba to stop intimidation and detention of human rights defenders working for racial justice in the country. “The recurrent arrests of human rights defenders on the island, the lack of access to legal representation ... More >>
Japan Must Step Up Efforts To Solve Human Rights Fallout From Fukushima Disaster
Friday, 12 March 2021, 6:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 March 2021) – UN experts said today contaminated water still remaining at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant poses major environmental and human rights risks and any decision to discharge it into the Pacific Ocean cannot be an ... More >>
Myanmar Junta Crackdown Likely Crimes Against Humanity Requiring Coordinated International Response - UN Expert
Friday, 12 March 2021, 6:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 March 2021) – The Myanmar junta’s brutal response to peaceful protests likely meets the legal threshold for crimes against humanity, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council today, calling for a united global response in the country’s ... More >>
Iran: Women And Girls Treated As Second Class Citizens, Reforms Urgently Needed, Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 7:48 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Women and girls continue to be treated as second class citizens in Iran, a UN expert says in a report to the Human Rights Council, citing domestic violence, thousands of marriages of girls aged between 10 and 14 each year and continuing entrenched ... More >>
