journalist | Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion

Iran: Experts deplore the death in custody of victim of arbitrary detention

12 February 2025 – GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today expressed their dismay over the confirmation of the death in custody of Jamshid Sharmahd in Iran. The body of Sharmahd, who was reported to have died in custody in October 2024, has been released by Iran...

REPORT: Global threats to freedom of expression arising from the conflict in Gaza

| Reports, Top-line

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression examines the impact of the conflict in Gaza on freedom of expression globally. She highlights attacks on journalists and media restrictions,...

UN experts raise the alarm on terrible conditions in which news publisher, José Rubén Zamora, is being detained in Guatemala

| News, Statements, Top-line

28 August 2024, GENEVA – Independent experts have called on the authorities in Guatemala to address urgently allegations of inhumane conditions of detention of journalist, newspaper founder and publisher, José Rubén Zamora, which may amount to torture and endanger his...

Expert denounces killing of two more journalists in Gaza and demands full accountability

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6 August 2024 – GENEVA – An independent human rights expert today condemned the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al-Rifi in Gaza on 1 August 2024. “I strongly denounce the deliberate targeting by Israel of two journalists in Gaza,...

Viet Nam: Communication concerning the health situation of Mr. Le Huu Minh Tuan

| Communications, Top-line

The Special Rapporteur and other special procedures sent a communication to the Government of Viet Nam concerning the health situation of Mr. Le Huu Minh Tuan, also known as Le Tuan, an independent journalist, a human rights defender and a member of the Independent...

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