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UN experts alarmed by Y Quynh Bdăp’s extradition by Thailand to Viet Nam

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3 December 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed deep concern over the extradition of Vietnamese Montagnard human rights defender and UNHCR-recognised refugee Y Quynh Bdăp from Thailand to Viet Nam, warning that his return exposes him to a serious risk of torture...

Burundi: UN experts alarmed by increase in serious human rights violations during election period

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1 September 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed deep concern about the increase in serious human rights violations in Burundi, that has included attacks against civil society and political opponents and election violence. Between January 2024 and May 2025,...

Viet Nam: UN experts alarmed by ongoing repression of Khmer Krom Indigenous Peoples and Theravada Buddhist monks

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25 August 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed serious concern over reports of escalating repression against Khmer Krom Indigenous Peoples in Viet Nam, including human rights defenders, Theravada Buddhist monks and followers, and cultural rights advocates. “We...

Tanzania: UN Experts alarmed by pattern of enforced disappearance and torture to silence opposition and critics

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13 June 2025 – GENEVA  – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania to immediately stop the enforced disappearance of political opponents, human rights defenders and journalists, as a tool of repression in the electoral...

Thailand: Court ruling puts human rights defender in danger if extradited to Viet Nam, say experts

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16 October 2024, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* said today they were deeply troubled by a Bangkok Criminal Court decision to extradite refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap to Viet Nam and urged that the case be reconsidered. “If extradited, Mr....
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