reprisals | Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression and Opinion

UN experts alarmed by law targeting LGBT, women’s rights advocates and independent voices in Belarus

15 April 2026, GENEVA – Legislation penalising information perceived as “promoting” consensual same-sex relations, healthcare for transgender persons or reproductive autonomy that was recently adopted in Belarus will institutionalise discrimination and significantly...

China: UN experts renew calls for accountability for Cao Shunli’s death

| Statements, Top-line

GENEVA (14 March 2024) – A decade after the death in custody of human rights defender Cao Shunli, UN experts* today condemned the continued failure of Chinese authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death and bring those responsible to justice....