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Israel/OPT: UN Experts Call On Israel To Ensure Equal Access To COVID-19 Vaccines For Palestinians
Friday, 15 January 2021, 7:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 January 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Israel, the occupying power, to ensure swift and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for the Palestinian people under occupation. “Israel’s roll-out of its vaccination programme ... More >>
‘Disgraceful’ Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility Must Be Closed Now, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 6:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 January 2021) – UN human rights experts* today appealed to the new U.S. Administration to immediately close the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, saying the remaining detainees risk death from rapidly deteriorating health by old age and ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For “Clear, Unambiguous Standards” To Protect Aircraft Over Conflict Zones
Friday, 8 January 2021, 7:09 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Iran missile strike against Ukraine airliner | 08 January 2020 GENEVA (7 January 2021) – On the occasion of the first-year anniversary of the strike against Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752, which killed all 176 persons ... More >>
United Kingdom: UN Expert Cautiously Welcomes Refusal To Extradite Assange
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 7:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer today welcomed a British court’s refusal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on the basis that he would be exposed to “oppressive” conditions of imprisonment that ... More >>
Argentina: UN Experts Praise Historic Law Legalising Abortion
Friday, 1 January 2021, 6:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today welcomed the decision by Argentina’s Senate to legalise abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, calling the ground-breaking law a crucial step in eliminating discrimination against women and girls. “This ... More >>
US Must Remove Sanctions And Allow Syria To Rebuild – UN Expert
Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights expert Alena Douhan today called on the United States to remove unilateral sanctions which may inhibit rebuilding of Syria’s civilian infrastructure destroyed by the conflict. “The sanctions violate the human rights of the Syrian ... More >>
UN Expert: Facebook’s Oversight Board Must Consider Minority Rights
Friday, 25 December 2020, 8:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN human rights expert today called on Facebook’s Oversight Board to take the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities into account in reaching decisions, particularly on hate speech. The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand ... More >>
UN Expert Asks U.S. President Donald Trump To Pardon Julian Assange
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 9:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN human rights expert today issued an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, asking him to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been held in Belmarsh high security prison since his arrest by British authorities inside the Embassy of ... More >>
UN Expert Applauds European Parliament’s Moves To Protect National And Linguistic Minorities
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 9:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, today welcomed the adoption of a resolution by the European Parliament to protect national and linguistic minorities, calling it one of the most important developments in decades for minorities. ... More >>
UN Experts: Venezuela Must Stop Attacks Against Civil Society
Saturday, 19 December 2020, 11:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today urged Venezuela to end its crackdown on civil society organisations. “Since November 2020 Venezuela has systematically stigmatized and persecuted civil society organisations, dissenting voices and human rights defenders, ... More >>
China: Shock At Continued Crackdown On Human Rights Defenders And Lawyers – UN Expert
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 8:22 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN human rights expert today expressed dismay at the shocking treatment of human rights defenders and lawyers in China, saying they continue to be charged, detained, disappeared and tortured five years after the start of a crackdown on the profession ... More >>
UN Experts: Bangladesh Should Release Artist Jailed Over Cartoons
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 8:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today called on Bangladesh to immediately release celebrated cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore due to his deteriorating health condition. Mr. Kishore was arrested in May after his cartoons “Life in the Time of Corona,” satirising ... More >>
Rights Of U.S. Indigenous Leader Must Be Respected – UN Experts
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 8:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts today expressed concerns about charges brought against a U.S. indigenous leader and human rights defender who will appear in court later this week in connection with peaceful demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s ... More >>
Cambodia: UN Experts Alarmed By ‘naming And Shaming’ Of COVID Victims
Saturday, 12 December 2020, 12:36 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* expressed alarm at the decision by Cambodian authorities to allow the publication of personal information about individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, which is unnecessary under any circumstances, and a deplorable ... More >>
Water: Futures Market Invites Speculators, Challenges Basic Human Rights - UN Expert
Saturday, 12 December 2020, 6:23 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN expert on water and human rights today expressed concerns about the creation of the world’s first futures market in water, saying it could invite speculation from financiers who would trade it like other commodities such as gold and oil. On ... More >>
Saudi Arabia: UN Experts Alarmed By Loujain Al-Hathloul Trial, Call For Immediate Release
Friday, 11 December 2020, 8:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* expressed alarm at the commencement of proceedings today against woman human rights defender Loujain Al-Hathloul in a Saudi Specialised Criminal Court, and called for her immediate release from jail and for the “spurious” ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Independent Assessment Of Bhasan Char And Verification Of Voluntary Relocation
Friday, 11 December 2020, 8:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The failure to create conditions necessary for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to return home to Myanmar, after more than three years, has created an untenable situation for both the Rohingya and the government of Bangladesh, a UN human rights expert ... More >>
Khattak ‘disappearance’ Case A Test Of Pakistan’s Human Rights Commitment, Say UN Experts
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 8:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today raised concerns about the scourge of enforced disappearances and torture in Pakistan, calling on the Government to uphold its human rights obligations by initiating prompt, thorough and impartial investigations into such acts. The experts ... More >>
Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh Must Be Released, Say UN Experts
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 6:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today condemned the return to prison of woman human rights defender and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and called for her immediate release. “We are dismayed that the authorities willingly chose to again place Nasrin Sotoudeh ... More >>
United Kingdom: UN Expert Calls For Immediate Release Of Assange After 10 Years Of Arbitrary Detention
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 8:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, today appealed to British authorities to immediately release Julian Assange from prison or to place him under guarded house arrest during US extradition proceedings. He made the urgent call 10 years after ... More >>
