Dec 20, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line
20 December 2024, GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today called for unified support for Syria in its critical transition following the fall of the Assad regime. “This represents a watershed moment in the region’s history, offering an opportunity...
Dec 18, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line
Reposted from IPS-Journal: What global trends currently pose the greatest threat to freedom of expression? The greatest threat today is the backsliding of democracies. Authoritarian states have long maintained a totalitarian stance, systematically suppressing and...
Dec 13, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line
13 December 2024, GENEVA – UN experts* today condemned a pattern of repression and human rights violations in Georgia, as the Government seeks to supress spontaneous, popular protests in the country. “We are seeing daily violence by state security forces against...
Dec 13, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line
13 December 2024, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed concern about a new law in Iran that imposes a series of new penalties on women and girls who fail to wear a hijab. They called on the Government of Iran to immediately repeal it. “The new hijab law marks an...
Nov 26, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line
26 November 2024, GENEVA – UN human rights’ experts today urged full compliance with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and against Hamas...
Nov 25, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line
25 November 2024, GENEVA – UN experts* today called on the Israeli authorities to facilitate without further delay the medical evacuation of Al Jazeera journalist Fadi Al-Wahidi, who was critically injured while covering the conflict in Gaza. “Al-Wahidi has the right...
