Jan 17, 2025 | Country Visit, News, Top-line
17 December 2025, GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, will conduct a country visit to Zambia from 20 to 31 January 2025. The Special Rapporteur will assess a range of issues related to the right to freedom of...
Jan 17, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
17 January 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today urged all parties to accept the Gaza ceasefire deal, deliver justice and humanitarian aid, and ensure Palestinian self-determination, expressing hope that a sustainable truce will end immense suffering and loss of life in...
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...
