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Myanmar: Social media companies must stand up to junta’s online terror campaign say UN experts

Mar 13, 2023 | News, Statements, Top-line

GENEVA (13 March 2023) – Myanmar’s military junta is orchestrating an online campaign of terror, and weaponising social media platforms to crush democratic opposition, UN experts* said today. “Online rhetoric has spilled into real world terror, with military...

Peru: UN experts call for end to violence during demonstrations, urge respect for human rights

Mar 6, 2023 | News, Statements, Top-line

GENEVA (6 March 2023) – UN experts* today expressed deep concern about ongoing allegations of repression, arbitrary killings, arrests, detention, and enforced disappearances of demonstrators in Peru and urged authorities to establish a genuine dialogue with the people...

Belarus: Verdict against Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski an effort to quash scrutiny and dissent say UN experts

Mar 3, 2023 | News, Statements, Top-line

GENEVA (3 March 2023) – UN experts* today urged the international community to relentlessly pursue truth and justice for all victims of human rights violations in Belarus, after a court in Minsk delivered a devastating verdict, sentencing Belarusian human rights...

Algeria: UN expert says crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders must end

Feb 23, 2023 | News, Top-line

GENEVA (22 February 2023) – A UN expert today expressed concern over an escalating crackdown against civil society by Algerian authorities after the dissolutions of la Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (LADDH) and le Rassemblement Actions Jeunesse...

Cambodia: UN experts call for reinstatement of Voice of Democracy, say free media critical ahead of elections

Feb 20, 2023 | News, Top-line

GENEVA (20 February 2023) – Cambodian authorities must reinstate Voice of Democracy, UN experts* said today, after the independent radio station was stripped of its licence to broadcast in English and Khmer last week. “We are alarmed by the revocation...
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