GENEVA / WASHINGTON, DC (17 September 2015) – A group of rapporteurs from the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today expressed grave concern over the Government of Ecuador’s recent moves to dissolve Fundamedios, a prominent
UN expert raises alarm as Kazakhstan jails twice a rights defender for convening a peaceful assembly
GENEVA (1 September 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Maina Kiai today called on the Kazakhstan authorities to immediately release and drop all charges against civil society activist Ermek Narymbaev, and to end what appears to be the criminalization
Egypt / Al Jazeera trial: UN rights expert condemns sentence, urges immediate release of detained journalists
GENEVA (1 September 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, David Kaye, today condemned the three-year sentences handed down by an Egyptian court against journalists Mohamed Fahmy, Bahar Mohamed and Peter Greste. The expert called for
High time to pull the plug on televised reprisals against rights defenders in Venezuela
GENEVA / WASHINGTON, DC (22 July 2015) – A group of United Nations and Inter-American human rights experts* deplored today the attempts to discredit and intimidate human rights defenders on Venezuela’s State-controlled television, in retaliation for their human rights activities