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Geneva, August 16, 2025.- A group of UN experts* today called on authorities in Belarus to promptly and efficiently investigate the alleged ill-treatment of prisoners convicted on terrorism and extremism related charges. In a letter to Belarusian authorities, the experts raised concerns about the alleged ill-treatment of three inmates, twoContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 August, 2025.- A report published today by the UN Human Rights Office calls on Sri Lanka’s Government to seize the historic opportunity to break with entrenched impunity, implement transformative reforms, and deliver long-overdue justice and accountability for serious violations and abuses committed in the past, including international crimes.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 12 August, 2025.- The deliberate killing of four Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, including correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, was an attempt to silence reporting on the ongoing genocide and starvation campaign in the besieged enclave, UN experts* said today, condemning the targeted attacks in the strongest possible terms. “The killingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 August, 2025.- China must uphold the rights of imprisoned human rights defenders, including by ensuring that they are not subjected to torture or ill-treatment, a UN expert said today. “I have been disturbed by consistent allegations I have received about the treatment of imprisoned human rights defenders inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 August, 2025.- A group of UN experts* today decried Israel’s escalation of its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza, while calling on the international community to end its complicity in the face of Israeli atrocities as ceasefire talks continue without progress. “Displacement orders from the IsraeliContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 August, 2025.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned the escalation in deadly attacks by the Rwandan-backed M23 and other armed groups against civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past month. According to first-hand accounts received by the UN Human Rights Office,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 1 Aug, 2025.- The abrupt suspension of United States of America’s foreign aid has fuelled a global humanitarian catastrophe – made worse by the administration’s failure to publish a review it committed to undertake of USAID contracts and disbursements, UN human rights experts* said today. In a letter toContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 July, 2025.- The Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, today expressed deep concern about the growing number of starvation-related deaths among Palestinians in Gaza and joined calls for rapid, unimpeded, impartial and safe aid delivery. “Depriving people of food, water and dignity has been a serious andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 July, 2025.- The withdrawal of sanctions against individuals and companies that have provided weapons, military supplies and other material support to the Myanmar military is a shocking turn in U.S. policy that risks emboldening Myanmar’s military junta and its enablers, a UN expert said today. “This is aContinuar Leyendo