GENEVA (22 May 2017) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged the Government of Indonesia to review and repeal its criminalization of blasphemy. Their call comes after the recent blasphemy conviction and imprisonment of Indonesian politician
UN and Inter-American Experts Condemn Reporter’s Killing in Mexico and Call for Immediate Action to End Cycle of Killings of Journalists
GENEVA / WASHINGTON, D.C. (18 May 2017) – Two experts on freedom of expression of the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemned the killing of Mexican journalist and writer Javier Valdez Cárdenas, cofounder and writer
UN rights experts urge Hungary to withdraw Bill on foreign funding to NGOs
GENEVA (15 May 2017) – Two United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Hungarian government to withdraw their recently proposed Bill on the Transparency of Organizations Financed from Abroad (T/14967). The Bill, if adopted into law, would severely curtail
India must restore internet and social media networks in Jammu and Kashmir, say UN rights experts
GENEVA (11 May 2017) – India must immediately end its ban on social media networks and on mobile internet services in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and guarantee freedom of expression for citizens, say two United Nations human rights