Geneva, 9 December, 2025.- UN anti-racism experts today underscored their grave concerns over the increase in the use of dehumanizing language, hate speech as well as ethnically motivated human rights violations and abuses in Sudan, particularly those targeting members belonging to the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic communities committed byContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 08, 2025.- Independent human rights experts* today denounced the recent deportation to Lithuania of Belarussian prisoners released from jail, including opposition politicians, media workers and trade unionists. Many had their Belarusian identity documents confiscated and some were included on the official list of individuals involved in extremist activities.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 07 December, 2025.- Attacks against journalists and independent media outlets in Serbia have spiralled in the past year, UN experts* warned today, calling on the Government to end impunity for perpetrators of these crimes. “We condemn the ongoing threats and attacks on journalists in Serbia that seem to takeContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 06 December, 2025.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) today issued its findings on Burundi, Guatemala, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden and Tunisia after reviewing the six States Parties in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation ofContinuar Leyendo

Washington, Dec 04 , 2025.- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth welcomed Pål Jonson, Sweden’s minister of defense, to the Pentagon today for a bilateral engagement. At the meeting’s outset, both leaders spoke highly of the U.S. and Sweden’s mutually beneficial military relationship, as well as the progress that Sweden hasContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 01, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed alarm at EU discussions about proposed legislation on the smuggling of migrants and its compatibility with international human rights law – particularly the potential absence of a mandatory humanitarian exemption. “Without a clearly defined mandatory humanitarian exemption, there is a serious riskContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 30, 2025.-  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said today that Pakistan’s hastily adopted constitutional amendments seriously undermine judicial independence, and raise grave concerns about military accountability and respect for the rule of law. The Human Rights Chief said the latest constitutional amendment, like the 26thContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 30,  2025.- The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, today warned that rigorous oversight of security and policing trade fairs is necessary to prevent prohibited and inherently abusive law enforcement equipment hitting the market after such items were found on display at Milipol 2025, an armsContinuar Leyendo