MONROVIA (9 March 2018) – Liberia needs to lock in and expand the gains made in the years since the civil war, in particular in the areas of freedom of expression, media independence and government transparency, a UN expert said
UN experts: Slovakia must deliver strong message on journalist killing
GENEVA (5 March 2018) – Slovakia must send a strong message there will be no impunity for attacks against journalists by conducting a thorough investigation into the killing of Ján Kuciak and his partner Martina Kusnirova, UN human rights experts
Vietnam: UN rights experts urge release of activists jailed for protesting toxic spill
GENEVA (23 February 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called for the release of individuals jailed for writing about and reacting to a discharge of toxic industrial chemicals into coastal waters of Viet Nam. On 6 February 2018, a
Iran: Spying charges against wildlife activists “hard to fathom”, say UN experts
GENEVA (23 February 2018) – Iran must cease what appears to be a new and worrying trend of targeting environmental defenders, UN human rights experts* said following the detention of Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) members on spying charges. One