GENEVA (6 December 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts has urged the Chinese Government to immediately investigate the whereabouts and fate of a prominent human rights lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, who has disappeared since 21 November 2016.
“Fragile” DRC at risk as government clamps down on critics, UN expert warns
GENEVA (1 December 2016) – The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is silencing critics in clear violation of international human rights law, a United Nations expert has warned. The action, which includes jamming radio broadcasts and
UN expert urges Turkey to release detainees amid “grave concern” about free speech
GENEVA / ANKARA (18 November 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, today expressed deep concern about widespread measures being used to erode independent opinion and expression in Turkey.
UN rights experts urge U.S. court to hear activist’s claims in surveillance case against Ethiopia
IRVINE/NAIROBI/PARIS (November 3, 2016) – A group* of United Nations human rights experts is urging a U.S. appeals court to grant an Ethiopian American activist the right to sue the Government of Ethiopia for secretly monitoring his online activity for