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Bangladesh: UN experts call for robust human rights guarantees to ensure free, fair, and safe elections

11 February 2026, GENEVA – As the people of Bangladesh go to the polls on February 12, the interim Government must deliver a genuinely free, fair, safe and inclusive election and referendum grounded in respect for human rights of all citizens, UN experts* said today....

Tanzania: UN experts condemn post-election lethal crackdown and digital blackout

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4 December 2025, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today condemned reported widespread and systematic human rights violations in Tanzania following the general elections on 29 October 2025, including allegations of hundreds of extrajudicial killings, enforced...

Burundi: UN experts alarmed by increase in serious human rights violations during election period

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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,...

Reverse the decline of freedom of expression to protect free and fair elections: UN expert

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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,...

REPORT: “Freedom of expression and elections in the digital age”

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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...

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