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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Viet Nam: UN experts alarmed by ongoing repression of Khmer Krom Indigenous Peoples and Theravada Buddhist monks
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed serious concern over reports of escalating repression against…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Syria: UN experts alarmed by attacks on Druze communities, including sexual violence against women and girls
GENEVA – UN experts* today sounded the alarm over a wave of armed attacks…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Afghanistan: International community must reject Taliban’s violent and authoritarian rule, say UN experts
GENEVA – UN experts* today called on the international community to reject the Taliban’s…
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OHCHR – Special Rapporteur on FoRB
Qatar: UN experts gravely concerned about discrimination against the Baha’i religious minority
GENEVA - A group of UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concern at…
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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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External Digest
No Intesa, No Recognition? Challenges of the State’s Role in Defining Religion in Italy
No Intesa, No Recognition? Challenges of the State’s Role in Defining Religion in Italy…
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