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Hong Kong SAR: UN Experts Dismayed By Jimmy Lai Conviction
Wednesday, 24 December 2025, 8:22 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
On 15 December 2025, more than five years after his arrest, Lai was convicted on sedition and foreign collusion charges under the controversial National Security Law. More >>
UN Experts Urge Iran To Halt Execution Of A 67-Year-Old Iranian Woman
Wednesday, 24 December 2025, 8:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The 67-year-old Iranian woman, Tabari, was sentenced to death based on two pieces of evidence: a piece of cloth bearing the slogan ‘Woman, Resistance, Freedom’ and an unpublished audio message. More >>
Bangladesh: UN Expert Outraged By Violent Attacks Against Daily Star And Prothom Alo
Wednesday, 24 December 2025, 8:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The arson and vandalisation of the offices occurred as mass protests broke out across the country after Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent youth leader of the July 2024 uprising, died from gunshot wounds inflicted by assailants in broad daylight. More >>
Peru: Bill Eliminating Concept Of Gender Threatens Progress On Human Rights, Warn UN Experts
Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 8:51 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
By replacing gender with biological sex, the proposed legislation would weaken existing protections for women and gender-diverse individuals, by ignoring the social and cultural realities of gender and the inequalities that arise from them. More >>
Spain: UN Experts Appalled By Eviction Of 400 Migrants And Stigmatising Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric In Catalonia
Sunday, 21 December 2025, 8:37 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“With no alternative housing provided, the vast majority of those evicted has no choice but to seek again refuge in other informal settlements or to camp in the open,” the experts said. More >>
Pakistan: Imran Khan’s Solitary Confinement And Inhumane Detention Conditions Must End, UN Expert Says
Sunday, 21 December 2025, 7:50 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur has raised Imran Khan’s situation with the Government of Pakistan and will continue to follow developments. More >>
UK Leadership Imperative As Myanmar’s Crisis Deepens Ahead Of Junta’s Announced Sham Elections: UN Expert
Sunday, 21 December 2025, 7:48 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The people of Myanmar have shown extraordinary courage. They deserve an international response that matches their determination, the Special Rapporteur said. More >>
Australia: UN Working Group Raises Major Concerns About Detention Of Indigenous People, Children And Migrants
Sunday, 21 December 2025, 7:47 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts regret that they were denied access to detention facilities in the Northern Territory and to youth detention facilities in Western Australia. More >>
Bangladesh: Forensic Identification Of Victims Of July 2024 Protests A Fundamental Step Towards Accountability
Sunday, 21 December 2025, 7:44 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Although efforts were made at the time to ensure respect for the dead and protect their dignity, identification was not possible. More >>
UN Experts Call For Safeguarding Special Procedures System As ‘Indispensable Pillar’ For Human Rights Protection
Sunday, 21 December 2025, 7:29 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
We endeavour to keep promoting positive change in people’s lives by discharging our prevention and protection mandates. More >>
Tunisia: UN Experts Shocked By Conviction Of Human Rights Lawyer Ayachi Hammami
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 7:38 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts stressed that free exercise of the legal profession contributes to ensuring access to justice, oversight of State power, protection of due process and fair trial rights and the rule of law. More >>
Belarus: UN Experts Denounce Expulsion Of Citizens, Warn About Risk Of Statelessness
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 7:36 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
We call on the authorities to immediately cease adopting and to revoke all the legislative, regulatory and law-enforcement measures that create a risk of statelessness. More >>
Serbia Must End Attacks Against Journalists: UN Experts
Saturday, 20 December 2025, 5:51 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Independent media is not an enemy of States, but rather a critical element of functioning democracies. More >>
Russia’s Repression Policy To Dismantle Civil Society Exposes Fear Of Accountability: UN Special Rapporteur
Friday, 12 December 2025, 1:54 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The latest wave of designations of organisations as ‘undesirable’ is one of the most striking examples, along with the instrumentalisation of national security & public safety legislation to target lawyers, journalists, and human rights defenders.” More >>
Kenya’s Seed Sharing Ruling A Milestone For Peasants’ Rights And Food Security: UN Experts
Friday, 12 December 2025, 1:49 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“This judgment rightly recognises that seed sharing is not a crime, but a fundamental element of peasants’ identity, resilience and contribution to national food systems,” said the Working Group on Peasants and other people working in rural areas. More >>
Iran Must Halt Execution Of Goli Kouhkan Domestic Violence Survivor: UN Experts
Monday, 8 December 2025, 5:19 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts noted that Kouhkan’s case reflects a broader pattern of discrimination against women across Iran’s justice system. At least 241 women were executed between 2010 and 2024, 114 of whom were sentenced to qisas for homicide. More >>
UN Experts Alarmed By Y Quynh Bdăp’s Extradition By Thailand To Viet Nam
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 9:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Bdăp is the co-founder of Montagnards Stand for Justice, a non-violent organisation advocating for the rights and freedoms of the Montagnard people in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam. More >>
Torture Items Found For Sale At Paris Security Trade Fair, UN Expert Calls For Constant Monitoring
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 7:50 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Under the EU Anti-Torture Regulation – first introduced in 2006 and strengthened in 2019 – companies are banned from promoting, displaying or trading certain equipment that can be used for torture or ill-treatment. More >>
UN Expert Slams US Decision To End Temporary Protection For People Fleeing Myanmar As ‘Assault On Human Rights’
Saturday, 29 November 2025, 4:23 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur said that many TPS beneficiaries are human rights advocates, opposition figures, journalists, and others who champion democracy and human rights – values historically upheld by the United States. More >>
Sudan: UN Experts Call For Urgent Action To Combat Trafficking In El Fasher
Saturday, 29 November 2025, 4:22 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Internally displaced women and girls are among those trafficked for sexual slavery and other forms of sexual exploitation. Recruitment and use of children by armed groups is also on the rise,” the experts said. More >>
