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Geneva,  August 11, 2021.- Many people around the world are being denied the right to development – both their countries’ economic improvement and their own personal development – because of unilateral coercive measures, independent experts appointed by the Human Rights Council said today. The experts called on countries that imposeContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 August, 2021.- A UN expert today expressed concern over arrests, harassment, criminalisation and threats against human rights defenders in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, and called on Israel to make sure all Palestinian human rights defenders are protected. “Arrests and raids on the homes of Palestinian humanContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, August 11,  2021.- Armenia must stop intimidating human rights defender Sashik Sultanyan, founder of the Yezidi Center for Human Rights, who faces criminal charges for speaking out in support of minority rights, UN human rights experts* said today. The experts called on Armenia to drop charges against Mr. Sultanyan,Continuar Leyendo

Bamako, August 06,  2021.- Violence is spreading so rapidly across Mali that it threatens the very survival of the state, the United Nations expert on human rights in the country said at the end of an 11-day official visit where he heard about an increase in extrajudicial executions, other killings,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, August 06, 2021.- Eritrean refugees trapped in the midst of the armed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are being targeted by both sides to the conflict, a UN expert warned today, calling on all parties to take measures to protect refugees in accordance with international human rights and humanitarianContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, August 05, 2021.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday sounded the alarm at the plight of civilians in and around the southern Syrian city of Daraa, where neighbourhoods are seeing intense fighting and indiscriminate shelling by Government forces and armed opposition groups, with the onlyContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, August 04, 2021.- A UN report published today details the dire and worsening human rights situation over the past year in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed groups carried out a violent bid to disrupt elections. In response, the country’s defence and security forces launched military operations toContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, August 03, 2021.- Iraq’s legal framework to prevent ill-treatment, developed over several years, now needs to be translated into effective measures to tackle torture in detention centres and prevent further violations, a UN report published on Tuesday highlights. The report* of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, July 30, 2021.-The UN Human Rights Committee has issued its findings on Togo, the State party which it examined during its latest session. The findings concluded an online dialogue with the high-level delegation comprising five ministers, including the Minister of Human Rights and the Minister of Justice of Togo.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, July 30, 2021.- Roma around the world must not be made scapegoats of politicians, or demonized and targeted on social media, Fernand de Varennes, the UN special rapporteur on minority issues, said today. “States must do more to proactively combat rising signs of intolerance and attacks against Romani andContinuar Leyendo