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20 April 2026, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over allegations of prolonged incommunicado detention and detention conditions at a Navapolatsk Correctional Colony in Belarus. “Information we have received indicates deeply alarming detention...
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15 April 2026, GENEVA – Legislation penalising information perceived as “promoting” consensual same-sex relations, healthcare for transgender persons or reproductive autonomy that was recently adopted in Belarus will institutionalise discrimination and significantly...
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14 April 2026, GENEVA – Draft legislation aimed at combatting “new forms of antisemitism” would seriously undermine freedom of expression, legal certainty in criminal offences, and other international human rights, UN experts* warned today. “The so-called ‘PPL Yadan’...
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9 April 2026, GENEVA – UN Special Rapporteurs today condemned the continued strategy by Russian authorities to silence dissent, human rights advocacy and anti-war expression and suppress and destroy civil society in the guise of fighting threats to national security...
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2 April 2026, GENEVA – The targeted killing of three Lebanese journalists constitutes another egregious attack on press freedom by Israeli forces and must be promptly, fully and independently investigated by an international body, UN experts* said today. “We denounce...
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31 March 2026, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm over the continuing ban preventing Afghan women from accessing UN premises, including UN national staff, contractors, and visitors. “Barring women from UN offices is a direct attack on women’s rights, including...
