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

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...

Pakistan: Widespread impunity for violence and discrimination against minorities must end, warn UN experts

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24 July 2025, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today called on the government of Pakistan to take concrete measures to prevent extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and attacks against places of worship and cemeteries amid ongoing violence and discrimination...

UN experts condemn Israeli attack on Iran and urge end to hostilities

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20 June 2025, GENEVA – GENEVA – UN experts* today unequivocally condemned recent Israeli military attacks against Iran, which have targeted nuclear facilities, energy and military infrastructure, as well as residential and media buildings across multiple locations....

UN experts urge Pakistan to address human rights violations in Balochistan

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29 April 2025 – GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concern over the excessive and harmful impacts of Pakistan’s counter-terrorism measures in Balochistan and called for full respect for international law. “We acknowledge the serious threat posed...