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Belarus: Experts mark second anniversary of enforced disappearance of Siarhei Tsikhanouski, demand action

7 March 2025, GENEVA – Belarus must disclose the fate and whereabouts of pro-democracy activist Siarhei Tsikhanouski on the second anniversary of his enforced disappearance, UN experts* said today. They recalled that several other members of pro-democratic forces...

UN experts raise the alarm on terrible conditions in which news publisher, José Rubén Zamora, is being detained in Guatemala

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28 August 2024, GENEVA – Independent experts have called on the authorities in Guatemala to address urgently allegations of inhumane conditions of detention of journalist, newspaper founder and publisher, José Rubén Zamora, which may amount to torture and endanger his...