GENEVA (12 May 2016) – United Nations human rights experts* today called on the Government of Kazakhstan to protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression after mass arrests, detention and criminal prosecutions following demonstrations over
Egypt: Worsening crackdown on protest, a further setback to human rights – UN experts
GENEVA (9 May 2016) – Three United Nations human rights experts today urged the Egyptian Government to put an end to the disproportionate reactions against the exercise of the rights to assembly and expression in the country. “The worsening crackdown
Somalia: UN rights experts raise alarm at growing persecution against trade unionists
GENEVA (4 May 2016) – A group of four United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Somalia to halt the continuous acts of intimidation and reprisals against members and leaders of two Somali trade unions, and to
China: Newly adopted Foreign NGO Law should be repealed, UN experts urge
GENEVA (3 May 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today called on the Chinese authorities to repeal the Law on the Management of Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations’ Activities adopted by the National People’s Congress on 28 April