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7 October: UN experts call for end of violence and accountability after year of human loss and suffering and blatant disregard for international law

7 October 2024, GENEVA – Marking the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, the Israeli attack against the Palestinian population in Gaza that followed and consequent expansion of violence to the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory and other countries in the region,...

Cambodia: UN experts call for suspension of professional journalism charter

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12 September 2024, GENEVA – Independent UN experts today called for the suspension of Cambodia’s newly issued Charter for Professional Journalism and urged a thorough review to reform it. The Ministry of Information’s formal promulgation of the Charter on 6 August...

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,...

INTERVIEW: United Nations Demands Investigation Into Government Crackdown on Student Protests

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Bangladesh: UN experts call for immediate end to violent crackdown and full accountability for human rights violations

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25 July 2024 – GENEVA – UN experts* today called on the Bangladesh Government to immediately end the violent crackdown against protesters and political opponents, fully restore access to the Internet and social media and ensure accountability for human rights...

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