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GENEVA (4 August 2016) – A group of United Nations independent experts* today expressed deep concern about the critical health condition of prominent Chinese human rights defender Yang Maodong, known by his pen-name Guo Feixiong. They called on the Government
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WASHINGTON / GENEVA (4 August 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and the Inter- American Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Edison Lanza, today raised the alarm about
UN and OSCE experts deplore crackdown on journalists and media outlets in Turkey
GENEVA / VIENNA (28 July 2016) – Two top media freedom experts of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) today condemned the ongoing crackdown on journalists and the media launched by Turkish Government