Jan 14, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
14 January 2025, GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today expressed grave concern at the Iranian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the death sentence handed down to Ms. Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish woman activist and social worker. “The charges...
Jan 13, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
13 January 2025, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today urged the Palestinian Authority to immediately end its ban on Al Jazeera and ensure that all journalists, local or international, can work freely and safely in the occupied Palestinian Territory. “We...
Jan 10, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
10 January 2025, GENEVA – Venezuela must end the arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances of opposition members and pro-democracy activists ahead of the inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro’s third term in office, UN experts* said today. “We are gravely...
Jan 8, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
8 December 2024 – GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today urged the Lebanese authorities not to extradite Mr Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-Turkish writer and political activist currently detained in Lebanon, to the United Arab...
Dec 30, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line
30 December 2024, GENEVA – Israel must face the consequences of its campaign to undermine the legal framework for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, a group of independent human rights experts* said today, as the full-scale armed assault on Gaza and...
