AFTERNOON 10 June 2014 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, and the Special...

GENEVA (5 June 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* expressed outrage at the execution of political prisoner Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani on 1 June and urged the Government to put...

BANJUL / GENEVA (15 May 2014) – A group of African and UN human rights experts* today called on the Egyptian authorities to bring its legal system into compliance with international and regional...

GENEVA (15 May 2014) – A group of UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at the conviction to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes, and a 1 million Saudi riyal fine against Saudi online activist...

GENEVE (15 mai 2014) – L’Experte indépendante sur la situation des droits de l’homme en République Centrafricaine, Marie-Thérèse Keita-Bocoum, et le Rapporteur spécial sur la liberté d’expression...

A Joint Statement by UN human rights experts, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’...

GENEVA (2 May 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed concerns about the increasing restrictions placed on freedom of opinion and expression in Ethiopia...

On the occasion of the 2014 World Press Freedom Day, UN experts* underscored the freedom of the press. They also addressed the lack in the promotion and protection of the rights to freedom of...

GENEVA (3 May 2014) – On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, a group of 31 specialists* from the largest body of independent experts in the United Nations Human Rights system called on all...

GINEBRA / TEGUCIGALPA (17 de abril de 2014) – Dos expertos en derechos humanos de Naciones Unidas pidieron hoy al Gobierno de Honduras que ponga fin a la impunidad en los casos de violencia contra...