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Geneva, 22 February, 2023.- UN experts* today urged the Bangladesh government to drop the charges against investigative journalist Rozina Islam and end the practice of protracted prosecution of journalists and human rights defenders. “We are seriously concerned that the criminal charges and the prolongation of the investigation against Ms. IslamContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 21 February, 2023.- UN experts* today welcomed the adoption of new comprehensive anti-discrimination and feminist legislation in Spain, which guarantees and facilitates access to sexual and reproductive rights in the country. The experts said the new overarching measures ensure safe and accessible abortions provided by national health agencies; eliminateContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 February, 2023.- UN experts* today demanded answers about the fate of two disappeared Mexican human right defenders and urged the Government of Mexico to investigate their disappearance and bring the perpetrators to justice. On 15 January 2023, Ricardo Lagunes – a human rights lawyer – and Antonio Díaz,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 18 February, 2023.- UN experts* today warned about catastrophic consequences for Myanmar Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh if life-saving food aid is slashed, and issued an urgent plea for donations to the UN World Food Programme Rohingya Refugee Response. “The planned rations reductions are the devastating consequenceContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 February, 2023.- UN human rights experts* today expressed grave concern about reports that at least 10 boys, some as young as 12 years old were allegedly taken away from Camp Roj during the night of 31 January 2023 by the de facto authorities in North-east Syria. “The patternContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 February, 2023.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Thursday expressed serious concerns about a proposed law in Italy that could hinder the provision of life-saving assistance by humanitarian search and rescue (SAR) organisations in the Central Mediterranean, resulting in more deaths at sea. “We all watch withContinuar Leyendo

Los hechos ocurrieron el 22 de octubre de 2019 en las plazas Sucre y Vergara. Según el jefe de Valparaíso del INDH, Fernando Martínez, desechar la figura de apremios ilegítimos es un criterio regresivo desde la perspectiva de los derechos humanos. Viña del Mar, 16 de Febrero de 2023.- ElContinuar Leyendo

Dhaka/Geneva 15 February, 2023.- The situation of persons affected by leprosy in Bangladesh indicates that the country’s outstanding economic growth is not reaching the entire population, a UN expert said today, calling for draft anti-discrimination laws to formally recognise leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, as a prohibited ground ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 February, 2023.- The international community must take action to stop systematic and deliberate housing demolition and sealing, arbitrary displacement and forced evictions of Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank, UN experts* said today. In the month of January 2023 alone, Israeli authorities reportedly demolished 132 Palestinian structuresContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 10 February, 2023.- A UN expert* today called on the Governments of Denmark and Greenland to address the negative impact of colonial legacy that translates into structural and systematic racial discrimination against the Inuit People, as a key measure to tackle past injustices and create a more inclusive society.Continuar Leyendo