7th edition of the FoAA Chronicle
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6th edition of the FoAA Chronicle
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Spain: UN experts demand investigation into alleged spying programme targeting Catalan leaders
GENEVA (2 February 2023) – Spanish authorities must thoroughly investigate reports that Pegasus and Candiru spyware was used to target Catalan public figures and activists in Spain following the independence bid…Continue reading Spain: UN experts demand investigation into alleged spying programme targeting Catalan leaders
Russia: UN experts alarmed by escalation of crackdown on civil society
GENEVA (27 January 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm over the escalating crackdown against civil society by Russian authorities after the decision by the Moscow city court this week…Continue reading Russia: UN experts alarmed by escalation of crackdown on civil society
Eswatini: Experts condemn killing of human rights defender Thulani Maseko, demand accountability
GENEVA (26 January 2023) – UN and African Union experts* today condemned the killing of human rights defender and lawyer Thulani Maseko in Eswatini as “abhorrent” and demanded an impartial investigation…Continue reading Eswatini: Experts condemn killing of human rights defender Thulani Maseko, demand accountability
Call for inputs: Advancing accountability for serious human rights violations related to the exercise of FoAA rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association’s upcoming report to be presented at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council. Deadline…Continue reading Call for inputs: Advancing accountability for serious human rights violations related to the exercise of FoAA rights
Afghanistan: Taliban’s targeting of women and NGOs preventing delivery of life-saving assistance is deplorable
GENEVA (29 December 2022) — UN experts* today denounced and called for an immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order barring women from working in international and national non-governmental organisations…Continue reading Afghanistan: Taliban’s targeting of women and NGOs preventing delivery of life-saving assistance is deplorable
Afghanistan: Taliban’s exclusion of women and girls from universities is disastrous for everyone
GENEVA (21 December 2022) — UN experts* today condemned in the strongest terms the latest decision of the Taliban that excludes women and girls from universities, a further violation of their…Continue reading Afghanistan: Taliban’s exclusion of women and girls from universities is disastrous for everyone
Israel: UN experts condemn record year of Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank
GENEVA (15 December 2022) – UN experts* condemned the rampant Israeli settler violence and excessive use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this year…Continue reading Israel: UN experts condemn record year of Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank
Israel: UN experts condemn record year of Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank
GENEVA (15 December 2022) – UN experts* condemned the rampant Israeli settler violence and excessive use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this year…Continue reading Israel: UN experts condemn record year of Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank