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Geneva, 8 July ,2024.- The sentencing of 10 environmental activists in Cambodia points to a sustained pattern of intolerance towards human rights defenders engaged in legitimate work to protect and promote human rights in the country, a group of independent experts* said today. “We are alarmed by these convictions, whichContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 July 2024.- UN experts* said today they are alarmed by reports of widespread trafficking in persons, particularly for sexual slavery and exploitation, and rising child and forced marriages stemming from conflict and displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “We are appalled by the numbers reported, at leastContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 July, 2024.- UN experts* today urged the Belarusian authorities to pardon or remit the sentence of all imprisoned older persons jailed on political charges. The independent experts have received a list of 63 persons aged over 60, including 15 women, who are deprived of liberty in Belarus forContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 July, 2024.- Syria must implement the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and take action to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment in the country, a UN expert said today. “I am alarmed about reports that indicate that torture is still being practicedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 1 July, 2024.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has announced plans to visit Afghanistan, Burundi, France, and Mexico in the first half of 2025, and confirmed upcoming visits to Bolivia, Nigeria, Greece, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the second half of this year.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 June, 2024.- The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are seriously threatened today, and urgent action is needed to push back and preserve them, a UN Special Rapporteur* said. “We are witnessing widespread, systematic and intensive attack against these rights and civic space broadly, asContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 28 de Junio de 2024.-  Los líderes militares que pretenden hacerse con el poder y anular el orden constitucional deben ser condenados, y el aparente intento de golpe de Estado de esta semana en Bolivia es el último ejemplo de una tendencia inaceptable, declaró hoy el Experto Independiente deContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 June, 2024.- States and maritime actors must take urgent and coordinated action to prevent trafficking in persons in the context of migration at sea, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking said today. “The States’ obligations to prevent trafficking in persons, to identify, assist and protect victims of trafficking, withoutContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 26 June, 2024.- Many journalists in exile are in grave danger because of the alarming rise of transnational repression from their home governments and inadequate protection and support in their host countries, Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, said today. Presenting her new reportContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 June, 2024.- UN human rights experts have called on governments to scrap “cruel and counterproductive” laws that are leading to people living in homelessness and poverty being arrested, fined or subjected to degrading punishment for carrying out activities in public that are vital for their survival. A newContinuar Leyendo