GENEVA (9 October 2023) – UN experts* today expressed serious concern about the first mass trial of 47 people underway since February 2023 under the National Security Legislation (NSL) of…Continue reading China/Hong Kong SAR: UN experts concerned about ongoing trials and arrest warrants under National Security Legislation
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,…Continue reading Iran: UN experts denounce crackdown on public commemoration of Jina Mahsa Amini’s death
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…Continue reading Russian Court decisions on laws discrediting armed forces a ‘new low’ in clampdown on expression
GENEVA (15 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about a violent crackdown against civil society in Iran, including members of workers’ unions and teachers arrested…Continue reading Iran: UN experts alarmed by civil society crackdown
