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2 April 2026, GENEVA – The targeted killing of three Lebanese journalists constitutes another egregious attack on press freedom by Israeli forces and must be promptly, fully and independently investigated by an international body, UN experts* said today. “We denounce...
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4 March 2026, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today condemned the unlawful military attacks launched by the United States of America and Israel against Iran. “Unprovoked attacks by the US and Israel — launched amid diplomatic negotiations and without authorisation...
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5 March 2025, GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today expressed deep concern over the lack of information on the fate and whereabouts and safety of poet and activist, Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi, following his extradition from Lebanon to the United...
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8 December 2024 – GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today urged the Lebanese authorities not to extradite Mr Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-Turkish writer and political activist currently detained in Lebanon, to the United Arab Emirates...
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19 September 2024, GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today condemned the malicious manipulation of thousands of electronic pagers and radios to explode simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria as “terrifying” violations of international law. The attacks reportedly...
