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Geneva,  June 07, 2021.-  UN human rights experts* said today they were deeply concerned by the continuous devastating impact on a local community of a dumping of toxic waste by a Swedish company in the northern Chilean city of Arica nearly 40 years ago. The toxic waste – which remainsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, June07,  2021.- UN human rights experts* today expressed outrage at the arrest, alleged torture and forced confession of social media activist and human rights defender Roman Protasevich (Raman Pratasevich), and the continued crackdown on independent media. “The reckless manner in which Roman Protasevich was arrested, reports that he mayContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 4,  2021.- UN human rights experts* today condemned the arrest and alleged arbitrary detention of 21 people defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) community. On 20 May 2021, Ghananian police arrested 21 human rights defenders (16 women and five men) who wereContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 03 de Junio de 2021.- Experta de la ONU ha instado hoy al Gobierno de Nicaragua a poner fin a los crecientes ataques y detenciones arbitrarias en contra de defensoras y defensores de derechos humanos. Una nueva oleada de detenciones y ataques por parte de las fuerzas de seguridadContinuar Leyendo

Geneva,  June 02, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today expressed concerns about a series of attacks, resulting in the deaths of at least two children, by illegal miners in the Munduruku and Yanomami indigenous lands, and called on the Brazilian authorities to investigate and prosecute those responsible. Miners are intensifyingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 02, 2021.-  A UN human rights expert today said Mali’s new military authorities should release former President Bah N’Daw and former Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, who remain under house arrest after being moved from a military camp last week. “I call upon Malian transitional authorities to immediately endContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 1, 2021.- A UN human rights expert condemned attacks on Israel’s Palestinian minority by extreme right-wing and vigilante groups, including settlers – at times with the reported backing of security forces – and urged Israel to fully and equally protect all of its citizens without discrimination. Palestinians citizensContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, May 30, 2021.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has voiced deep concern at recent events in the Colombian city of Cali, where reports indicate that, since 28 May, fourteen people have died, and 98 people have been injured, 54 of them by firearms during violence thatContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, May 28,  2021.- UN human rights experts* condemned the execution this month of Wael Saad Tawdros Mikhil, a member of Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority, after he was convicted of murder based on an alleged forced confession. Tawdros was reportedly arbitrarily detained, tried, convicted and sentenced to death on 22Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, May 28,  2021.- UN human rights experts call upon the Council of Europe to withdraw the draft Additional Protocol to the Oviedo Convention. This Additional Protocol maintains an approach to mental health policy and practice that is based on coercion, which is incompatible with contemporary human rights principles andContinuar Leyendo