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Geneva, 20 May, 2024.- UN experts* today called for the urgent release of five Bahá’ís who remain in detention one year after their abduction by de facto authorities in Yemen. They issued the following statement: “25 May 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of the raid and abduction of 17 Bahá’ísContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 May, 2024.- Mongolia needs to shift away from the existing punitive approach across all places of deprivation of liberty and to ensure its independent torture monitoring body plays an effective role in torture prevention, UN experts said after their second visit to the country. During its latest missionContinuar Leyendo

Beijing, 19 May, 2024.- States should lift sanctions against China and also take strong action to curb sanction over-compliance by businesses and other actors under their jurisdiction, the UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights, Alena Douhan, said today. “China represents a particular case with regards toContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 18 May, 2024.- Sri Lanka’s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and hold those responsible to account, a UN Human Rights Office report released today says.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 May, 2024.- UN experts expressed disappointment today that some States have yet to reinstate funding weeks after an independent review showed a lack of evidence for partiality claims against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). “The independent review ordered byContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 May, 2024.- UN experts* have urged Nigerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was convicted of blasphemy for writing a song and sharing it on a social messaging service. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to the death penalty in 2020. “Although his death sentence was quashedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 15 May, 2024.- Adoption of the controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ law by the Georgian Parliament will have a chilling effect on civil society, journalists and human rights defenders and sends an extremely negative signal about the country’s commitment to human rights, UN experts* said today. The experts said that despiteContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 14 May, 2024.- With the proliferation of war and violent conflicts around the world, students and young people are at the forefront of calling for change, UN independent experts* said in a statement. “Peaceful protests against the current war on Gaza are a prime example of how young peopleContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 13 de Mayo de 2024.-  Las autoridades de Ecuador deben garantizar que las consultas ambientales en relación con los proyectos mineros se ajusten a las normas de derechos humanos, en particular mediante la inclusión de todas las comunidades que potencialmente se verán afectadas por estas actividades extractivas, y respetandoContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 May, 2024.- Iran must immediately revoke the death sentence imposed on anti-corruption activist Mahmoud Mehrabi and stop sentencing people to death for expressing their opinions, UN experts* said today. Mehrabi was convicted on charges of “corruption on earth”, a term Iran uses to refer to a broad rangeContinuar Leyendo