NEW YORK (19 October 2021) – As new technologies are increasingly used to force people to reveal or alter their thoughts, a human rights expert has called on the United Nations to clarify the scope and content of the right to freedom of thought. “Counter-terrorism measures, ‘re-education’ programmes, torture, forcible administration of psychoactive drugs, and other coercive mental health practices may be used without permission to alter people’s thoughts, or to force them to reveal their thoughts,” Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, told the…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 20 October 2021. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
