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UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression

[NEW!] Call for Submissions: The Surveillance Industry and Human Rights

Over the next year, the Special Rapporteur will study State and business responsibilities to limit the export and use of surveillance technologies to undermine fundamental rights. Click here to engage in our study.

Mapping the Impact of #AI on Freedom of Expression

Artificial Intelligence is deeply embedded in today's information environment. How should the design and use of AI to curate, analyze and share information protect our rights to freedom of opinion and expression?

Report on #FREEDEX and platform content regulation

Social media has changed and shaped the ways in which we express ourselves, seek and receive information, and communicate with each other. How should human rights standards apply on these platforms?

Access to Information in International Organizations

The workings of international organizations, including the United Nations, are deeply opaque to most people. How should they open up to the public?

#FREEDEX and the Internet and Telecommunications Access Industry

The Internet is at a crossroads. Thousands of new users are connected daily. But users are also facing unprecedented levels of censorship and surveillance online. What can digital access providers do to protect their users?

Bangladesh: UN human rights experts urge immediate release of photographer Shahidul Alam

GENEVA (13 August 2018) – UN human rights experts* have urged Bangladeshi authorities to immediately release photographer Shahidul Alam, who was arrested and allegedly tortured after reporting abuses against student protesters demanding road safety. On 5 August, Mr. Alam was

Belarus cracks down on journalists and publishers as oppressive new media laws bite, UN expert warns

GENEVA (10 August 2018) – A wave of raids and arbitrary arrests targeting independent publishers and journalists in Belarus highlights oppressive new rules against internet media in the country, says the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in

Guatemala: Rise in attacks on human rights defenders is deeply concerning – say UN experts

GENEVA (9 August 2018) – UN human rights experts* have raised alarm over the increase in killings, attacks and other acts of intimidation against human rights defenders in Guatemala, amid restrictive legislative and political attempts to curtail their work. Between

Nicaragua must end “witch-hunt” against dissenting voices, say UN experts

Spanish GENEVA (9 August 2018) – UN human rights experts* urge the Government of Nicaragua to stop the repression following 100 days of unrest in which at least 317 people have been killed and 1,830 injured. “Reports indicate that there