NEW YORK / GENEVA (22 October 2015) – Governments and international organizations are failing to ensure adequate protections to whistleblowers and sources of information, according to a new report* by the UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression, David Kaye. “Countless
UN experts call for the release of a Qatari poet serving a 15-year jail sentence for writing and reciting a poem
GENEVA (20 October 2015) – United Nations human rights experts today urged the Government of Qatar to release Qatari poet Mohammed al-Ajami, who is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for writing and reciting a poem at his home. The
Ecuador / Freedom of expression: UN and IACHR experts condemn moves to dissolve prominent organization
GENEVA / WASHINGTON, DC (17 September 2015) – A group of rapporteurs from the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today expressed grave concern over the Government of Ecuador’s recent moves to dissolve Fundamedios, a prominent
UN expert raises alarm as Kazakhstan jails twice a rights defender for convening a peaceful assembly
GENEVA (1 September 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Maina Kiai today called on the Kazakhstan authorities to immediately release and drop all charges against civil society activist Ermek Narymbaev, and to end what appears to be the criminalization