“First, I am attacked for being a journalist. Second, I am attacked for being a woman.”
That is how Maria Ressa, the 2021 Nobel Peace laureate, described the orchestrated ...
The international community must redouble its efforts to ensure the full protection of women and girls in times of armed conflict, UN experts* said.
UN experts* expressed alarm at the worldwide wave of attacks, reprisals, criminalisation and sanctions against those who publicly express solidarity with the victims of the ...
17 November 2023 – UN experts today welcomed the release of former senator Leila De Lima from prison after nearly seven years of incarceration in the Philippines.
16 November 2023 – Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making, UN ...
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 ...
14 November 2023 – The severe crackdown against workers demanding fair wages and political activists calling for free and fair elections, judicial harassment of journalists, ...
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 ...
2 November 2023 – Time is running out to prevent genocide and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN experts warned today, expressing deep frustration with Israel’s refusal to ...