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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
UN expert raises alarm over serious human rights violations against religious minorities in situations of conflict
GENEVA (10 March 2022) – A UN human rights expert has expressed grave concern…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Ukraine: Protecting life must be a priority – UN human rights experts
GENEVA (8 March 2022) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Russian…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Sri Lanka: UN experts call for swift suspension of Prevention of Terrorism Act and reform of counter-terrorism law
GENEVA - UN human rights experts* have called for an immediate moratorium on the…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
UN experts call for end to Russian aggression against Ukraine and urgent protection of human rights
GENEVA (28 February 2022) -_UN human rights experts* today called on the Russian Federation…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Bangladesh: “Appalling and pervasive culture of impunity” for killings of journalists – UN experts
GENEVA (11 February 2022) – On the 10th anniversary of the murder of prominent…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
International Holocaust Remembrance Day – 27 January 2022
GENEVA (26 January 2022) -_On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UN human…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Afghanistan: Taliban attempting to steadily erase women and girls from public life – UN experts
GENEVA (17 January 2022) -Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
35th anniversary UN Declaration on the Right to Development
_UN human rights experts* have issued an urgent call for greater transparency and rigorous…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Pakistan: Christian on blasphemy charges must be freed – experts
GENEVA (21 October 2021) ̶ UN human rights experts* today urgently appealed to Pakistan…
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