GENEVA (14 February 2013) – A group of United Nations independent experts on freedoms of association, expression, and religion and on the situation of human rights defenders today warned that the Bill on Mass Organizations -due for vote later this week in Indonesia- threatens with undue restrictions the rights to freedom of association, expression, and religion. They urged Members of Parliament to amend the Bill to bring it in line with international human rights norms and standards. “The State must ensure that any restriction on the rights to freedom of…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 14 February 2013. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
