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Geneva, 13 October, 2025.- New restrictions on internet access and social media channels in Afghanistan are a violation of the rights of Afghans, UN experts warned* today, a week after the Taliban lifted a nationwide telecommunications shutdown they had imposed earlier. “These new restrictions, although more filtered than blanket atContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 October,  2025.- A UN expert today called for the recognition of surrogacy as a system of violence, exploitation and abuse against women, and called for the practice to be abolished globally. “Surrogacy reduces women and children including girls to mere commodities, stripping them of their equality and dignityContinuar Leyendo

Beirut, 10 October, 2025.- The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, today expressed his solidarity with survivors and the families of those killed in Lebanon, amid the widespread destruction, loss of life and civilian suffering resulting from hostilities by Israel. “Every potentially unlawful death mustContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 08 October, 2025.- Israel must guarantee the safety and human rights of all individuals aboard the Conscience and other vessels of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition intercepted this morning, a UN expert said today. “This attack against unarmed civilians on the high seas is yet another violation of international lawContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 06 de Octubre de 2025.- Expertas de la ONU* instaron hoy a las autoridades nicaragüenses a esclarecer la suerte y el paradero de más de 120 personas que han sido víctimas de desaparición forzada en el país, incluidas aquellas detenidas en relación con la crisis de derechos humanos deContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 October, 2025.-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday called for urgent action to prevent large-scale, ethnically-driven attacks and atrocities in El Fasher, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensify efforts to take control of the long-besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State. “After over 500Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 01 October, 2025.- A group of UN experts* today expressed concern about stigmatisation of religion or belief minorities in Japan, and its impacts on children and young people in particular. “We are disappointed that materials disseminated to children in Japan reinforce discriminatory stereotypes about religion or belief minorities, andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 September, 2025.- A group of UN experts* today called on Belarus to lift unnecessary restrictions on communication between women deprived of liberty on dubious extremism charges and their children. “We have received reports about women deprived of liberty on the basis of extremism charges who are being deniedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 September, 2025.- Over 1000 people have been killed in less than nine months of 2025, UN experts said today, warning that the figures represented a dramatic escalation that violates international human rights law. “The sheer scale of executions in Iran is staggering and represents a grave violation ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 September, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today called on the transitional authorities in Guinea to ensure all eligible voters, candidates, and political parties can meaningfully participate in the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December. The High Commissioner spoke in the aftermath of theContinuar Leyendo