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Geneva,  January 05, 2022.- The arrest and detention of at least 29 casino union leaders and activists during a strike that began on New Year’s Eve in Cambodia may amount to a breach of human rights law, UN experts said today. “Many of the arrests of the mostly women strikersContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December  28, 2021.-  The Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, continue to be deeply concerned for the well-being of two of their staff members who were detained in early November in Sana’a, Yemen. No communication from the UN has beenContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 27,  2021.- The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent was in Paris, France, from 13 to 16 December on a working visit aimed at assessing and better understanding the situation of peoples of African descent, and providing advice to assist them and other relevant stakeholdersContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 24, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today called on the international community to take urgent steps to clear the way for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan in order to prevent an impending humanitarian catastrophe from unfolding there this winter. The call came one day after the UN Security CouncilContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 23, 2021.- The international community must hold Israel to account for its 54-year occupation of Palestine, a UN human rights expert said today, five years after the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for an end to all settlement activities in Palestinian territories. “On the fifth anniversaryContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 22, 2021.- UN human rights experts* condemned in the strongest terms the arbitrary execution of Iranian Kurdish prisoner Mr. Heidar Ghorbani as a serious violation of Iran’s obligations under international human rights law. Mr. Heidar Ghorbani, a Kurdish prisoner, was executed in secret in Sanandaj Central Prison atContinuar Leyendo

Dhaka, 19 December 2021.- Speaking at the end of his first official visit to the country, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, thanked and commended the Government of Bangladesh for providing Rohingya refugees with refuge from the atrocity crimes committed against them inContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra 17  de Diciembre de 2021.- El Relator Especial de la ONU sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, Francisco Calí Tzay, expresó hoy su preocupación por los más de 40 años de incumplimiento por parte del Estado de Costa Rica de la Ley Indígena, que establece la obligación delContinuar Leyendo

Niamey, December 17, 2021.- The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Voule, has urged authorities in Niger to act on their promise to create and maintain an effective civic space in the country. Speaking at the end of an official visitContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December  16, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Morocco to halt a decision to extradite Mr. Yidiresi Aishan to China where he risks serious human rights violations including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, or torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Mr.Continuar Leyendo