Oct 24, 2025 | News, Reports, Top-line
24 October 2025, NEW YORK – The rules of freedom of expression online are being reset by powerful political and corporate interests with alarming consequences for the safety and rights of billions of people who are dependent on social media for their communications...
Oct 10, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
10 October 2025, GENEVA – New restrictions on internet access and social media channels in Afghanistan are a violation of the rights of Afghans, UN experts warned* today, a week after the Taliban lifted a nationwide telecommunications shutdown they had imposed...
Jul 31, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
31 July 2025, GENEVA – A group of UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concern at the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of Remy Rowhani and the deportation and blacklisting of Wahid Bahji and others, which appear to be part of a broader and disturbing...
Jun 18, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
18 June 2025, GENEVA – The global decline in freedom of expression is endangering free and fair elections and must be reversed for the sake of democracy as well as human rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, said today,...
