GENEVA (15 June 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called on Cambodian authorities to respect and ensure the right to freedom of opinion and expression, citing concerns about a clampdown on the media ahead of a general election on
Nicaragua: Government must end violence and reinstate political dialogue, say UN experts
GENEVA (14 June 2018) – UN human rights experts* are calling for an immediate halt to violence and repression in Nicaragua, to end a two-month national crisis of social and political unrest in which at least 148 people have been
UAE: UN experts call for immediate release of jailed human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
GENEVA (12 June 2018) – UN human rights experts* are urging the authorities in the United Arab Emirates to immediately free the prize-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor and annul the 10-year prison sentence imposed on him. “We condemn in
Death Penalty: UN experts urge Mauritania to repeal anti-blasphemy law
GENEVA (7 June 2018) – A group of UN human rights experts* have urged Mauritanian authorities to reconsider the adoption of an amendment to the Penal Code which would mandate the death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, a provision which