18 June 2025, GENEVA - The global decline in freedom of expression is endangering free and fair elections and must be reversed for the sake of democracy as well as human rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, said today,...

18 JUNE 2025, GENEVA - In this report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, examines the vital role of freedom of opinion and expression in ensuring free and fair elections. She...

13 June 2025 - GENEVA  – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania to immediately stop the enforced disappearance of political opponents, human rights defenders and journalists, as a tool of repression in the...