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Thailand: UN Experts Alarmed By Rise In Use Of lèse-majesté Laws
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 7:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed grave concerns over Thailand’s increasingly severe use of lèse-majesté laws to curtail criticism of the monarchy, and said they were alarmed that a woman had been sentenced to over ... More >>
US Should End Use Of Private, ‘For-profit’ Migrant Detention Centres, Say UN Experts
Friday, 5 February 2021, 7:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 February 2021) – A group of UN experts * welcomed the US decision to stop using privately run federal prisons and urged the Biden Administration to also end outsourcing of all detention centres, including those holding migrants and asylum ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Alarmed Over Execution Of Baloch Minority Prisoners
Friday, 5 February 2021, 6:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts today condemned the weekend hanging of Javid Dehghan, an Iranian from the Baloch minority. They fear a disturbing recent increase in executions of Baloch minority prisoners in Iran will continue. “We are shocked that Mr. Dehghan’s ... More >>
Sudan: UN Experts Call For Enhanced Protection Of Civilians, Including Internally Displaced, In Darfur
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 6:52 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 February 2021) – UN experts said today Sudan must urgently implement strong measures to ensure the safety of civilians, including the internally displaced, and thoroughly investigate and bring to justice the perpetrators of recent deadly ... More >>
Russia: UN Experts Raise Fair Trial Concerns Over Case Of Gulag Historian Yuri Alexeevich Dmitriev
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 6:45 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 February 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Russia to ensure historian and human rights defender Yuri Alexeevich Dmitriev has a fair trial amid concerns the proceedings against him are politically motivated after a court ordered ... More >>
Nagorno-Karabakh: Captives Must Be Released – UN Experts
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 6:42 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called for the prompt release of prisoners of war and other captives from the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and for the return of bodies to families for burial with due respect for cultural ... More >>
Myanmar Coup: UN Expert Calls For Strong International Response Including Sanctions And Arms Embargo
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 6:40 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 February 2021) – A UN human rights expert today condemned the military coup in Myanmar, urging a strong and unequivocal condemnation and action by the international community. “I call for the immediate, unconditional release of everyone who has ... More >>
EU Needs To Reinvent Itself To Win Fight Against Poverty - UN Expert
Saturday, 30 January 2021, 6:50 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
BRUSSELS (29 January 2021) – The European Union must boldly rethink its socio-economic governance if it is to live up to its commitment to eradicate poverty, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights said at the end of an official visit ... More >>
Philippines: Drop Murder Charge Against Indigenous Rights Defender, UN Experts Urge
Friday, 29 January 2021, 7:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Philippine authorities to drop a reportedly unwarranted murder charge against an indigenous rights defender who submitted himself to police after a “shoot to kill” order ... More >>
CAR: Handover To ICC Of Former Militia Leader Accused Of War Crimes Strong Signal In Fight Against Impunity
Friday, 29 January 2021, 5:41 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 January 2021) – A UN expert said today the Central African Republic’s handover to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of a former militia commander suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity is a strong warning to rebel ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Renewed Commitment To Combat Antisemitism, Including Holocaust Distortion And Denial
Friday, 29 January 2021, 5:34 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 27 January 2021 UN experts* said today States must take resolute action against rising antisemitism and ensure deniers of the Holocaust and all levels of society are effectively educated about the Holocaust and other ... More >>
Disability Is Not A Reason To Sanction Medically Assisted Dying – UN Experts
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 7:05 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at a growing trend to enact legislation enabling access to medically assisted dying based largely on having a disability or disabling conditions, including in old age. “We ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Compulsory Cremation Of COVID-19 Bodies Cannot Continue, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 7:01 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts today urged the Sri Lankan Government to end its policy of forced cremation of the COVID-19 deceased, saying it ran contrary to the beliefs of Muslims and other minorities in the country, and could foment existing prejudices, ... More >>
UN Expert Says Global Coordination And More Equitable Sharing Of COVID-19 Vaccines Key To Recovery
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 8:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 January 2021) – States and non-state actors must cooperate in an equitable, globally coordinated vaccine distribution programme, such as the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) led by the World Health Organization, ... More >>
COVID-19: Equitable Vaccine Access For All, Including Migrants, Is Crucial, Say UN Special Rapporteurs
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 6:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on States to ensure migrants are included in national COVID-19 vaccination programmes, which must offer equitable access for all. “The pandemic has highlighted how now, more than ever, ... More >>
Egypt’s Targeting Of Human Rights Defenders Must Stop, Says UN Expert
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 6:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 January 2021) – A UN expert* deplored today the arrest and prolonged pre-trial detention of human rights defenders and bloggers, and their accusation of being members of a terrorist organisation, continuing Egypt’s practice to intimidate ... More >>
Russia: UN Experts Laud Courage Of Alexei Navalny, Call For Immediate Release
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 8:09 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 January 2021) – Two UN human rights experts today saluted the bravery of anti-corruption activist Mr. Alexei Navalny, and decried his arrest on arrival in Moscow. Agnès Callamard, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or ... More >>
United States: UN Experts Strongly Condemn US Capitol Attack
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 7:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today released a statement condemning the violent events at the US Capitol in Washington. It reads as follows: “We, the undersigned independent experts on human rights at the United Nations, ... More >>
CAR: Violations Of Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law Must Be Punished To Prevent Ongoing Violence & Conflict
Saturday, 16 January 2021, 7:05 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 January 2021) – A UN human rights expert said today impunity will continue to fuel violence and conflict in the Central African Republic unless perpetrators, co-perpetrators and accomplices of violations of human rights and international humanitarian ... More >>
Viet Nam: Arrests Send Chilling Message Before Key Party Meeting – UN Experts
Friday, 15 January 2021, 7:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 January 2021) – UN human rights experts said today that the heavy sentences handed down against three Vietnamese journalists and human rights defenders, just weeks ahead of a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party, sends a chilling message ... More >>
