GENEVA (4 August 2017) – The Government of Venezuela must stop systematically detaining protesters and end the growing use of military tribunals to try civilians, a group of United Nations human rights experts* has said. The authorities must also respect
Mexico: UN experts call for an independent and impartial investigation into use of spyware against rights defenders and journalists
Spanish GENEVA (19 July 2017) – A group of United Nations experts* today called on the Government of Mexico to carry out a transparent, independent and impartial investigation into allegations of monitoring and illegal surveillance against human rights defenders, social
UN experts condemn Viet Nam’s jailing of prominent blogger Mother Mushroom
GENEVA (30 June 2017) – Viet Nam must end what appears to be a pattern of targeting environmental defenders, UN human rights experts* have urged after the jailing of a popular blogger. Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, an environmental human
Demand for Qatar to close Al-Jazeera “a major blow to media pluralism”
GENEVA (28 June 2017) – The reported demand by a number of governments that Qatar close the Al-Jazeera media network in exchange for the lifting of sanctions would strike a major blow against media pluralism in a region already suffering