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3 December 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed deep concern over the extradition of Vietnamese Montagnard human rights defender and UNHCR-recognised refugee Y Quynh Bdăp from Thailand to Viet Nam, warning that his return exposes him to a serious risk of torture...
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1 September 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed deep concern about the increase in serious human rights violations in Burundi, that has included attacks against civil society and political opponents and election violence. Between January 2024 and May 2025,...
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25 August 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today called for the immediate and unconditional release of Malian civil society activist Clément Mamadou Dembélé who has remained in detention despite being cleared of all charges by a judge. “We urge the Malian authorities to...
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26 May 2025 – GENEVA – UN independent experts* today expressed grave concern over the continued detention of Anar Mammadli, a prominent Azerbaijani human rights defender who was arbitrarily detained on 29 April last year. “Defending human rights should never be...
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5 May 2025 – GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today called for the release of political prisoners with disabilities and serious health conditions, who were convicted to prison sentences for various forms of civil disobedience in the context of the 2020...
