Nov 14, 2023 | Country Visit, News, Top-line
Background From 23 January to 2 February 2024, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Ms Irene Khan, will undertake an official country visit to the Philippines to examine, in the spirit of cooperation and dialogue, the situation...
Nov 14, 2023 | Statements, Top-line
GENEVA (14 November 2023) – The severe crackdown against workers demanding fair wages and political activists calling for free and fair elections, judicial harassment of journalists, human rights defenders and civil society leaders, and failure to reform laws...
Nov 7, 2023 | Statements, Top-line
GENEVA (7 November 2023) – UN experts* today demanded an end to the arbitrary detention of the Bishop of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando José Álvarez, following the release of 12 Catholic priests on 18 October 2023. “We are deeply concerned about the systematic patterns...
Oct 27, 2023 | Country Visit, News, Top-line
Tegucigalpa, 27 October 2023 – At the invitation of the Government of Honduras I visited the country from 16 to 27 October 2023. In addition to Tegucigalpa, I was in San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, Jutiapa (Nueva Armenia) and El Progreso. I would like to thank the...
Oct 27, 2023 | Statements, Top-line
18 October 2023 – Sri Lanka’s new proposed counter-terrorism legislation does not go far enough to remedy the defects of the country’s draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), UN experts* said today, urging the Government to ensure the new law meets international...