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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...
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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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11 August 2025, GENEVA – China must uphold the rights of imprisoned human rights defenders, including by ensuring that they are not subjected to torture or ill-treatment, a UN expert said today. “I have been disturbed by consistent allegations I have received about...
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20 December 2024, GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today called for unified support for Syria in its critical transition following the fall of the Assad regime. “This represents a watershed moment in the region’s history, offering an opportunity...
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4 September 2024, GENEVA – A group of independent experts* expressed grave concern about allegations of serious human rights violations in the context of Venezuela’s 28 July presidential election. Several monitoring bodies, including electoral observers invited by the...
