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Gaza Aid Worker Must Be Given Fair Trial Or Released, Say UN Experts
Friday, 13 November 2020, 8:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Israel must release a former Gaza aid worker who has been in prison for more than four years without a verdict, or immediately grant him a fair trial, UN human rights experts* said today. Mohammed el-Halabi, the former Gaza director of the World Vision ... More >>
Serbia’s Anti-terrorism Laws Being Misused To Target And Curb Work Of NGOs, UN Human Rights Experts Warn
Thursday, 12 November 2020, 8:44 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Human rights experts* today expressed concern that the Serbian authorities are using oversight powers designed to target the financing of terrorism to obtain banking information and information on financial transactions of more than 50 NGOs, media ... More >>
UN Expert Tells El Salvador Not To Use Courts As Political Weapon
Friday, 6 November 2020, 8:22 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The government of El Salvador must stop using the courts to attack opposition politicians and should not undermine court decisions, a UN expert said today. “The executive branch of government must respect the independence of the judiciary and refrain from ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts Demand Nigeria Investigate Shooting Of Peaceful Protestors By Soldiers
Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 8:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Nigerian government must set up a credible, independent inquiry into the recent illegal killings of at least 12 peaceful protestors by soldiers, UN human rights experts* said today. “Since 2005, UN Special Rapporteurs have repeatedly raised ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For Accountability As Israel Records Highest Rate Of Illegal Settlement Approvals
Saturday, 31 October 2020, 7:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Israeli government’s recent announcement that it has approved construction of nearly 5,000 more settlement homes in the occupied Palestinian territory is a grave breach of international law, an independent human rights expert said today. ... More >>
Poland Has Slammed Door Shut On Legal And Safe Abortions - UN Experts
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 9:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Poland has decided to sacrifice women’s human right to safe and legal health services for termination of pregnancy on account of protection of the right to life of the unborn in violation of its international human rights obligations,” independent ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts Urge Denmark To Halt Contentious Sale Of “Ghetto” Buildings
Saturday, 24 October 2020, 7:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Geneva (23 October 2020) – Denmark should suspend the controversial sale of apartment houses in a Copenhagen “ghetto” until its courts can determine whether laws permitting the sale violate residents’ human rights, UN experts* said today. “Denmark must ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For Israel To End Administrative Detention & Immediately Release Maher Al-Akhras
Saturday, 24 October 2020, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN expert calls for Israel to end practice of administrative detention and immediately release Maher Al-Akhras GENEVA (23 October 2020) – Israel should release a Palestinian detainee who has been on hunger strike for close to 90 days and end its practice ... More >>
Brazil: Lawyers Must Not Be Attacked For Defending Their Clients, Says UN Expert
Thursday, 22 October 2020, 8:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN expert today criticized the intimidation of lawyers defending former Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, and called on Brazil to make sure its courts treat everyone equally. “I am alarmed at an apparent strategy by certain prosecutors ... More >>
UAE: UN Experts Say Forced Return Of Ex-Guantanamo Detainees To Yemen Is Illegal, Risks Lives
Friday, 16 October 2020, 8:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today called on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to halt plans to forcibly repatriate 18 Yemeni nationals who had previously been held at Guantanamo Bay, saying their forced return put their lives at risk and violated international ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts Call Release Of Iranian Human Rights Defender A Hopeful Sign
Thursday, 15 October 2020, 8:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Independent human rights experts* today welcomed the release of long-imprisoned Iranian woman human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, after an Iranian court made use of a new law to reduce her sentence. “We are encouraged that the decision of ... More >>
Cameroon: UN Human Rights Experts Call For End To Detention And Intimidation Of Peaceful Protesters
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 8:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today demanded that Cameroon release the main opposition leader and others arrested during country-wide peaceful demonstrations, and stop intimidating political activists. They also demanded that Cameroon impartially investigate ... More >>
Egypt Uses Terrorism Trials To Target Human Rights Activists, Say UN Experts
Friday, 9 October 2020, 8:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Egypt is using exceptional “Terrorism Circuit Courts” to target human rights defenders, silence dissent, and to lock up activists during the COVID-19 pandemic, UN human rights experts* said today. “Terrorism charges and exceptional courts ... More >>
UN Experts Welcome Return To Canada Of Five-year-old Orphaned In Syria
Thursday, 8 October 2020, 7:46 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today praised Canada for bringing a five-year-old orphan girl home from a squalid Syrian detention camp, and encouraged other countries to follow Canada’s example. “We are pleased that this little girl has been returned ... More >>
UK Parliament Must Not Introduce Impunity For War Crimes, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 6:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (5 October 2020) – UN human rights experts* today called on the UK Parliament to reject a government bill they say would give British soldiers advance immunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity. They said the Overseas Operations (Service ... More >>
Climate Crisis: States Must Stay The Course On Coal Cuts - UN Expert
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 7:59 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
As States introduce economic stimulus packages to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN human rights expert has called on authorities to remain mindful of the climate crisis and to exclude support for new coal projects. “Not one dollar of government ... More >>
Human Rights Experts Warn Of Damaging Impact On Special Procedures From UN Funding Crisis
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 8:34 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Coordination Committee of Special Procedures is gravely concerned about the impact of the UN funding crisis on the functioning of the system of independent experts appointed by the Human Rights Council. The Committee calls upon States to take urgent ... More >>
India: UN Expert Raises Alarm About Mass Evictions In Delhi
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 8:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing today raised concerns about the decision to evict up to 250,000 people living in shacks alongside railway tracks in Delhi, without any prior consultation with those affected. On 31 August, ... More >>
UN Rights Experts Urge Nigeria To Overturn Death Sentence For Singer Who Shared Song On WhatsApp
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 8:32 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today called on Nigerian authorities to immediately release a 22-year-old singer sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song shared on social media. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was given a death sentence on 10 August by a ... More >>
Iran: Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Must Be Freed For Treatment, Say UN Experts
Saturday, 26 September 2020, 8:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN independent experts expressed alarm at human rights lawyer and woman human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh’s return to Evin Prison in Iran this week despite her deteriorating health condition, and called for her immediate release. “It is unfathomable ... More >>
