Human Rigths (Page 109)

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

Ginebra  16 de Diciembre de 2021.-  Venezuela violó el derecho de un jurista a ser juzgado por un tribunal independiente y a la presunción de inocencia, dijo el miércoles el Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU. Las conclusiones del Comité se refieren al jurista Allan Brewer Carías, que fueContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December  16, 2021.- UN human rights experts condemned today the reported conviction of leading human rights defender and minority civil society activist Idris Khattak, who was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment following an apparent unfair trial by a military court in Pakistan. “Mr. Khattak’s reported sentencing is an attackContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 15,  2021.- Indonesia must immediately stop threats, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defender Veronica Koman and her family, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, said today. Koman, a human and minority rights lawyer, is in self-imposed exile in Australia. However,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva/Bogotá, December 15, 2021.- The Colombian authorities should reform how protests are managed to avoid a recurrence of the loss of life and injuries seen during widespread demonstrations that started in April this year as part of a national strike, the UN Human Rights Office said in a report publishedContinuar Leyendo