Mar 5, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
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...
Jan 30, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
30 January 2025, GENEVA – Thailand’s continuous use of lèse-majesté laws to detain and imprison activists and human rights defenders is gravely concerning, a group of UN experts* said today, urging authorities to repeal or significantly revise the country’s criminal...
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...
Sep 26, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line
26 September 2024, GENEVA – The Government of Georgia should repeal the overtly discriminatory legislation recently passed by Parliament, which violates the human rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly among others, UN experts* said today. On 17...
Jun 26, 2024 | News, Top-line
GENEVA (26 June 2024) — Many journalists in exile are in grave danger because of the alarming rise of transnational repression from their home governments and inadequate protection and support in their host countries, Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom...
