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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Pakistan: Widespread impunity for violence and discrimination against minorities must end, warn UN experts
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today called on the government of Pakistan to…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Syria: UN experts alarmed by targeted abductions and disappearances of Alawite women and girls
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over alarming reports of targeted abductions,…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
UN experts urge Iran to choose protection over repression after ceasefire
GENEVA– UN experts* today expressed alarm over the crackdown in the Islamic Republic of…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
India must halt arbitrary demolitions targeting minorities and marginalised communities: UN experts
GENEVA – India must immediately put an end to its practice of arbitrary and…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Saudi Arabia: UN experts call for immediate release of child offenders
GENEVA – A group of human rights experts* today expressed dismay at the continuing…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Afghanistan must immediately stop public executions and corporal punishment: UN experts
GENEVA_–_ UN experts* today urged the Taliban to immediately halt all inhumane punishments in…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Going beyond complacency required to uphold freedom of religion or belief in Zambia: UN expert
LUSAKA– Complacency regarding freedom of religion or belief is holding Zambia back from progressing…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
UN expert on freedom of religion or belief to visit Zambia
GENEVA- The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea, will…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Torture and ill-treatment often intertwined with intolerance and discrimination on basis of religion or belief: UN expert
GENEVA– Intersection between the right to freedom of religion or belief and the prohibition…
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