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Geneva, 18 February, 2025.- Singapore must urgently halt the execution of Malaysian national Pannir Selvam Pranthaman for drug trafficking, UN experts* said today. “We have repeatedly** called on Singapore to halt executions for drug offences which are illegal under international human rights law on several grounds,” the experts said. Pranthaman’sContinuar Leyendo

Dakar, 13 February, 2025.- Senegal must take bolder steps to guarantee detention conditions consistent with international standards, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, said today, at the end of an official visit to the country. “The overcrowding I have seen in prisons is dramatic and inhumane,” EdwardsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 February, 2025.- A group of UN Special Rapporteurs* today condemned the criminal prosecution of 85-year-old human rights defender Mark Kuperman, who has a disability and uses a wheelchair. Kuperman, a prominent Russian human rights advocate, faces severe “terrorism” charges and is being targeted for his anti-war views andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 12 February, 2025.- UN human rights experts* today expressed their dismay over the confirmation of the death in custody of Jamshid Sharmahd in Iran. The body of Sharmahd, who was reported to have died in custody in October 2024, has been released by Iran recently. «His death in custodyContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 12 February, 2025.- Bangladesh’s former Government and security and intelligence services, alongside violent elements associated with the Awami League party, systematically engaged in a range of serious human rights violations during last year’s student-led protests, a report by the UN Human Rights Office has found. Drawing on testimony ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 10 February, 2025.- The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, today urged Russian authorities to provide immediate and comprehensive medical care to several Ukrainian civilian detainees, originally from Crimea, who are currently being held in Russia. “Ukrainians detainedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 08 February, 2025.- The Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond, today welcomed a decision by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights holding the United Republic of Tanzania liable for failures to protect persons with albinism against violent attacks, tortureContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 February, 2025.- A group of independent human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the U.S. Government decision to reinstate Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism (SSOT) immediately after the inauguration of the new U.S. President, and a few days after its removal from this list byContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 February, 2025.-  UN experts said today they were extremely concerned at the rapidly deteriorating health of Sihem Bensedrine, the former president of the Truth and Dignity Commission in Tunisia. “Ms Bensedrine must be immediately and unconditionally released, and any charges against her must be dropped,” the experts said.Continuar Leyendo

Gneva, 31 January, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday said he was deeply alarmed by reports of summary executions of civilians allegedly by fighters and militia allied to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Khartoum North and reiterated his call for an immediate end toContinuar Leyendo