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Georgia must investigate use of force by police during demonstrations: Experts

Jan 28, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line

28 January 2025, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today urged the Government of Georgia to take concrete measures to prevent further violence and to investigate allegations of excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, torture and ill-treatment,...

Georgia: UN experts concerned by widespread human rights violations amid ongoing protests

Dec 13, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

13 December 2024, GENEVA – UN experts* today condemned a pattern of repression and human rights violations in Georgia, as the Government seeks to supress spontaneous, popular protests in the country. “We are seeing daily violence by state security forces against...

Thailand: Statute of limitations must not deny justice to families of 85 victims killed in Tak Bai incident, say UN experts

Oct 23, 2024 | News, Statements

24 October 2024, GENEVA – Human rights experts* said today they were deeply troubled that the imminent expiration of the statute of limitation for the killing of 85 people by Thai security officials in the 2004 Tak Bai incident would end ongoing attempts to hold those...

France: UN experts alarmed by situation of Kanak Indigenous Peoples in the Non-Self-Governing Territory of New Caledonia

Aug 20, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

20 August 2024, GENEVA – The French Parliament adopted a bill on 14 May 2024 that dismantles one of the cornerstones of the Nouméa Accord by unfreezing the electoral body in New Caledonia, a Non-Self-Governing Territory under French administration in the South...

USA: Free speech on campus needs to be protected, not attacked, say experts

Jul 25, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

25 July 2024, GENEVA  – Human rights experts* today expressed grave concern at the massive crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protests at various university campuses across the United States of America. “The banning and attacks on student protests are a grave...
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