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Geneva, 31 January, 2025.- Myanmar’s military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since they launched their coup four years ago, the UN Human Rights Office reported on Friday. An analysis of the conflict throughout 2024 found that as the military’sContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 28 January, 2025.- Israel’s intensified military assault against the occupied West Bank marks a dangerous escalation against Palestinians, independent human rights experts* warned today, urging the international community to take principled action to protect the human rights and dignity of the Palestinian people. “We are dismayed by the escalationContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 22 de Enero de 2025.- Paraguay es responsable de graves violaciones de derechos humanos en relación con el asesinato de dos niñas de 11 años durante una operación llevada a cabo por la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta de Paraguay contra el grupo guerrillero Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo, según haContinuar Leyendo

Genva, 21 January, 2025.- The Government of Thailand must immediately halt the possible transfer of 48 Uyghurs to the People’s Republic of China, UN experts* said today, warning that the group was at real risk of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment if they are returned.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva,  17 January, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today warned that the conflict in Sudan is taking an even more dangerous turn for civilians after reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in the southeastern state of Al Jazirah and amid reports ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 14 January, 2025.- A group of independent human rights experts* today expressed grave concern at the Iranian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the death sentence handed down to Ms. Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish woman activist and social worker. “The charges against Ms. Pakhshan Azizi do not meet the thresholdContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 9 January ,2025.-In two landmark decisions, the UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia remained responsible for the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers redirected or transferred to offshore detention facilities in the Republic of Nauru. The Committee published its Decisions today about two cases involving refugees and asylumContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 09 January, 2025.- UN experts* today called on the United States to immediately release Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn (known as Abu Zubaydah), who remains detained for almost 20 years without charge at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility and naval station. Following the 11 September 2001 attacks on the UnitedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 January, 2025.- The Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic, Yao Agbetse today welcomed the adoption of a law to protect human rights defenders in the Central African Republic (CAR) which was adopted by the National Assembly on 27 December 2024. “This historicContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 6 January, 2025.- Human rights must be restored as the foundation for an inclusive, peaceful and sustainable future for all, a group of independent human rights experts said today. In the face of growing global challenges, the experts* adopted a joint declaration during the 30th Annual Meeting of SpecialContinuar Leyendo