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REPORT: Threats to freedom of expression online in turbulent times

Oct 24, 2025 | Reports

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression focuses on a paradigm shift in the governance of social media platforms that has alarming consequences for freedom of opinion and expression...

Time to restore a human rights approach to freedom of expression online, says UN expert

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...

Mali: UN experts demand activist El Bachir Thiam’s release, four months after enforced disappearance

Sep 9, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line

9 September 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today called on authorities in Mali to disclose the fate and whereabouts of journalist and activist El Bachir Thiam, who disappeared four months ago. “Mali must immediately and unconditionally release El Bachir Thiam and other...

Gaza: UN experts urge General Assembly to respond to famine and genocide

Sep 5, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line

5 September 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today issued an urgent appeal for an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly, warning that the international community must act immediately before the 17 September-deadline for demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of...

Saudi Arabia must halt executions of persons convicted for offences committed as minors: UN experts

Sep 5, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line

5 September 2025, GENEVA – Saudi Arabia must immediately halt planned and ongoing executions of persons convicted of offences allegedly committed when they were under 18 years old, UN experts* said today, following the execution of Jalal al-Labbad last month. “We are...
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