Voule urges Algeria to open civic space and let critical voices be heard
Read UNSR Voule’s preliminary observations following his Country Visit. ALGIERS (26 September 2023) – Urgent attention must be given to the current situation of legal restrictions and prosecutions of individuals and…
Belarus: Presidential decree denying consular services puts Belarusians abroad at risk
GENEVA (20 September 2023) – A presidential decree in Belarus ordering its consulates to stop renewing or extending passports will impact hundreds of thousands of Belarusians abroad, especially those living…
Iran: UN experts denounce crackdown on public commemoration of Jina Mahsa Amini’s death
GENEVA (19 September 2023) – Iran has escalated its crackdown on dissent to prevent public commemoration of Jina Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody last year, UN experts* warned today,…
Algeria: UNSR Clément Voule to assess peaceful assembly and association rights
GENEVA (15 September 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, will conduct an official visit to Algeria from…
States must guarantee fundamental freedoms online and during use of digital technologies
GENEVA (15 September 2023) –States must effectively respect, protect and facilitate the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, of association and of expression online and in digitally-mediated spaces, and ensure…
Libyan National Army must halt forced evictions and demolitions in Benghazi
GENEVA (4 September 2023) – The Libyan National Army must immediately cease the forcible eviction of residents and demolition of homes in the Benghazi centre and end reprisals and violence…
Russian Court decisions on laws discrediting armed forces a ‘new low’ in clampdown on expression
GENEVA (28 August 2023) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern about recent decisions by Russia’s Constitutional Court to dismiss challenges to the constitutionality of the country’s legislative provisions that…
Venezuela: UN experts condemn use of counter-terrorism laws to convict trade unionists and labour leaders
GENEVA (11 August 2023) – UN experts* warned today that convicting trade unionists and labour leaders on terrorism charges was a “chronic misuse” of Venezuela’s counter-terrorism laws against those advocating…
China: UN experts seek clarification about nine imprisoned Tibetan human rights defenders
GENEVA (10 August 2023) – The Chinese government must provide information about nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders serving prison sentences of up to 11 years, UN experts said today. …
Cambodia’s shrinking democratic space affected credibility of national elections: UN experts
GENEVA (2 August 2023) – A range of serious human rights violations and severe restrictions on civic and political space affected the credibility of Cambodia’s national elections on 23 July,…