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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
South Sudan: UN experts urge immediate protection of civilians amid escalating crisis
GENEVA – UN experts* today warned that South Sudan is turning into a catastrophic…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Afghanistan: UN experts demand immediate end to Taliban restrictions on women at UN premises
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm over the continuing ban preventing Afghan women…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
China’s silence deepens fears over disappeared Uyghur returnees a year on, warn UN experts
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern about 40 Uyghur Muslim men forcibly…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Iran: UN experts demand transparency and accountability following nationwide protests
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today urged Iranian authorities to fully disclose the…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Venezuela’s amnesty law must apply to all unlawfully prosecuted victims and be grounded in transitional justice: UN experts
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today welcomed with caution the draft amnesty law…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Bangladesh: UN experts call for robust human rights guarantees to ensure free, fair, and safe elections
GENEVA – As the people of Bangladesh go to the polls on February 12,…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
UN expert condemns Bondi Beach terrorist attack on Jewish Australians
GENEVA – The Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
UN experts concerned by escalating legislative and administrative measures against Estonian Orthodox Christian Church
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed concern about legislative and administrative measures against the…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
UN experts call for safeguarding Special Procedures system as ‘indispensable pillar’ for human rights protection
GENEVA – Amid rising authoritarianism, deepening polarisation, growing intolerance, and mounting pressures on the…
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