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Geneva, December  1,  2021.- UN human rights experts* today called on Egypt to halt the misuse of counter-terrorism measures against civil society activists, lawyers, journalists and human rights defenders, and to immediately release three of those arbitrarily detained, including Alaa Abdel-Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer and Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan. “The systemic justificationContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 30, 2021.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit Argentina, Ecuador, Lebanon, Tukey and Tunisia in 2022. It will also hold high-level talks with the Brazilian authorities on the country’s torture preventive mechanism. “We are very pleased to be able to recommence our visits inContinuar Leyendo

Omicron and other new variants underline urgency to act. Geneva, November 29, 2021.-  UN human rights experts* today urged States to act decisively to ensure that all people have equal and universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, particularly those in low-income countries who have largely been left out of the globalContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 27,  2021.-  A UN human rights expert welcomed India’s decision to repeal three contentious farm laws that sparked a year of nationwide protests which left 600 people dead, and urged the Government to ensure accountability for casualties. “What was at stake with these laws was the stability ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva,  November 26, 2021.-Indonesia must immediately stop using criminal laws to harass four human rights defenders who have spoken out against alleged corruption, Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said today. “I am extremely concerned at the way defamation laws are being used inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 25, 2021.-UN human rights experts* today strongly condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali, convicted for an alleged murder committed when he was 17, and demanded that Iran stop sentencing children to death. There are currently over 85 juvenile offenders on death row in Iran, sentenced to death followingContinuar Leyendo

Geneve, Nov 24, 20221.- Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, they issue the following statement: “Although they represent more than half the world’s population, women and girls the world over are still at risk of being killed and subject to violence, intimidation and harassmentContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, Nov 23, 2021.- A UN human rights expert today urged the United States of America to overhaul legislation to prevent increasing exclusion, discrimination and hate speech and crimes against minorities, saying the legal landscape for the protection of human rights is far from comprehensive or even at times coherent.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 22,  2021.- Hungary’s interventions in the media sector over the past decade could create risks for human rights in the upcoming elections, the UN expert on freedom of opinion and expression said at the end of an official visit to the country. “There can be no information monopolyContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 November 2021.-  UN human rights experts* today urged China to immediately release imprisoned citizen journalist and woman human rights defender Zhang Zhan on humanitarian grounds, saying her health is deteriorating rapidly and her life is in danger. “Failure by the Chinese authorities to act swiftly and effectively couldContinuar Leyendo