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Geneva, January 14, 2022.- The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, today postponed his detention visit to Brian K. following the announcement by the Swiss authorities that he would be transferred “in the coming days” from Pöschwies high security prison to a different facility with a view to improvingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, January 13, 2022.- UN human rights experts* expressed dismay at the decision by Iranian authorities to proceed with the execution of juvenile offender Hossein Shahbazi despite repeated calls to halt it. The execution of Mr. Shahbazi was scheduled to take place on 5 January 2022 but was temporarily halted.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, January 11, 2022.- UN human rights experts* today called on the Kazakhstan authorities and security forces to halt their unrestrained use of force, including lethal force, against protesters and ensure that an independent and human-rights based investigations of State use of force against protesters is undertaken. The experts saidContinuar Leyendo

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,  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