Afghanistan: Journalists at risk of persecution need urgent protection – UN experts
ENEVA (3 September 2021) – A group of UN human rights experts* today called on all States to provide urgent protection to Afghan journalists and media workers who fear for…
Russia: Free Semyon Simonov and stop criminalising human rights defenders for legitimate work – UN expert
GENEVA (31 August 2021) – Russia must overturn the conviction of human rights defender Semyon Simonov and must stop using its “foreign agents” law to punish people whose legitimate work…
Cambodia: UN experts condemn conviction of trade union leader, systematic crackdown on human rights defenders
GENEVA (24 August 2021) – UN human rights experts have sharply criticised Cambodian authorities over the conviction of prominent human rights defender Rong Chhun, sentenced to prison last week along…
Afghanistan: UN experts urge swift global action to protect human rights and prevent ‘civilian slaughter’
GENEVA (16 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* today issued a statement calling on Member States to take immediate and preventive action to prevent the slaughter of civilians, the…
Nicaragua: UN expert deplores spate of attacks and arrests of human rights defenders
GENEVA (3 June 2021) – A UN expert today called on the Government of Nicaragua to put an end to increasing attacks by its security forces against human rights defenders,…
United States: UN expert decries new laws targeting peaceful and Black Lives Matter protesters
GENEVA (5 May 2021) – The adoption of new state laws in Florida and Oklahoma, among others, aimed at suppressing racial justice protests and the Black Lives Matter movement seems…
Iran: Grave concerns for jailed dissident Mohammad Nourizad
GENEVA (4 May 2021) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concern over the condition of imprisoned Iranian filmmaker and political activist Mohammad Nourizad and called for his immediate…
Guidelines on Covid-19 and elections
UNSR Voule and experts from around the world publish a new set of guidelines to help states ensure that electoral processes under the current Covid-19 threat respect and fulfil FoAA…
Nepal: UN experts express concerns for independence and integrity of the NHRC
GENEVA (27 April 2021) – UN Human rights experts* expressed serious concern for the independence of Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) after the recent appointment of new members that…
Uganda: UN experts extremely concerned at serious rights violations linked to general elections
GENEVA (13 April 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Uganda to immediately stop the brutal crackdown on its political opponents which began in the…