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Geneva, April 02, 2023.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called on Bangladesh to suspend immediately its application of the Digital Security Act. “I am concerned that the Digital Security Act is being used across Bangladesh to arrest, harass and intimidate journalists and human rights defenders, and to muzzleContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 31 March, 2023.- Disciplinary proceedings carried out against Ugandan Supreme Court Justice Esther Kisaakye may amount to retaliation against her for carrying out her judicial functions, a UN expert said today. UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite expressed grave concern that disciplinary proceedingsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 March, 2023.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday voiced his alarm at the continued erosion of the rule of law in Guatemala, where justice officials, including those who worked for or cooperated with the UN-backed International Commission against Impunity (CICIG), continue to face intimidation,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 March, 2023.- UN experts* today called on Colombia to stop misusing counter-terrorism measures and serious criminal offences, such as terrorism, to prosecute individuals for taking part in protests against government policies. The experts urged authorities to ensure that any charges brought forward comply with international law and humanContinuar Leyendo

Geneva / Seoul, 28 March 2023.- A report published today by the UN Human Rights Office vividly details the ongoing suffering of victims of enforced disappearance and abduction by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The report calls for renewed efforts for truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence. “TheContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 26 March, 2023.- India must immediately end its crackdown against Kashmiri human rights defenders, a UN expert said today, after renowned Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez was arrested in a second case on terrorism charges. “Indian authorities appear to be intensifying the long-standing repression of Kashmiri civil society,”Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 March, 2023.- The UN Human Rights Committee today issued its findings on Egypt, Panama, Peru, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan and Zambia, after examining the six States parties in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of the International Covenant on CivilContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 March, 2023.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the adoption in Uganda of draconian new legislation targeting lesbian, gay and bisexual people was devastating and deeply disturbing, and called on President Yoweri Museveni not to promulgate it into law. “The passing of thisContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 21 March, 2023.- Unprecedented self-isolation imposed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated the suffering of its people, a UN expert warned today. In a report to the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, the UN SpecialContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 18 March, 2023.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged the Government of Belarus to end the systematic repression of perceived critics and immediately release all detainees held on political grounds, in a UN Human Rights Office report published today that concludes gross human rights violationsContinuar Leyendo