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Experts urge Iran to break cycle of violence, create space for dialogue

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13 January 2026, GENEVA  – UN human rights experts* today condemned serious human rights violations during nationwide demonstrations in Iran that began on 28 December 2025, and called for immediate action to protect protesters and uphold the right to life. The...

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...

UN experts alarmed by Y Quynh Bdăp’s extradition by Thailand to Viet Nam

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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...

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...

Belarus: Experts alarmed at reports of coercive psychiatric treatment as punishment for political dissent

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24 April 2025 – GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today raised serious concerns about an alleged practice of Belarusian criminal courts transferring accused persons to coercive psychiatric treatment in retaliation for their exercise of civil and political...
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