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Philippines: UN experts decry Frenchie Cumpio and Marielle Domequil’s condemnation, call for their provisional release

5 March 2026, GENEVA – The conviction of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and human rights defender Marielle Domequil in the Philippines on charges of financing terrorism is deeply troubling, UN experts* said today. “Frenchie and Marielle have suffered six years of...

Lebanon must stop extradition of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi to the United Arab Emirates, experts say

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8 December 2024 – GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today urged the Lebanese authorities not to extradite Mr Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-Turkish writer and political activist currently detained in Lebanon, to the United Arab Emirates...