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Philippines: Drop murder charge against indigenous rights defender, UN experts urge

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28 Jan 2021

GENEVA (28 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Philippine authorities to drop a reportedly unwarranted murder charge against an indigenous rights defender who submitted himself to...

Israel’s conviction of human rights defender shows disdain for international obligations, say UN experts

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26 Jan 2021

GENEVA (26 January 2021) – UN experts* said today Israel must immediately stop using its array of military security tools to obstruct the legitimate and indispensable work of human rights defenders...

Egypt’s targeting of human rights defenders must stop, says UN expert

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22 Jan 2021

GENEVA (22 January 2021) – A UN expert* deplored today the arrest and prolonged pre-trial detention of human rights defenders and bloggers, and their accusation of being members of a terrorist...

Comment by UN Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado on Venezuela

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14 Jan 2021

Español Geneva, 14 January 2021 “We are deeply concerned by continuous and increasing attacks in Venezuela against civil society organizations, human rights defenders and journalists. In the latest...

Viet Nam: Arrests send chilling message before key Party meeting – UN experts

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14 Jan 2021

GENEVA (14 January 2021) – UN human rights experts said today that the heavy sentences handed down against three Vietnamese journalists and human rights defenders, just weeks ahead of a key meeting of...

DRC violated right to life of prominent human rights defender Pascal Kabungulu, UN Committee finds

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13 Jan 2021

GENEVA (13 January 2021) – The UN Human Rights Committee has found the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) violated the right to life of Pascal Kabungulu who was killed in an extrajudicial execution...

Press briefing notes on Viet Nam

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08 Jan 2021

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 8 January 2021 On Tuesday, 5 January, three independent journalists in Viet Nam received severe...

Tackling COVID-19 in Nigeria from a safety education angle

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08 Jan 2021

The safety education tools that Ugochi Obidiegwu, Managing partner at The Safety Chic, develops for children and adults have been helping teachers and pupils in Nigeria resume school with minimised danger during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HEARS FROM NGOS ON CONDITIONS IN ISRAEL AND BRAZIL

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05 May 2003

CESCR 30th session 5 May 2003 Afternoon The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard statements from a number of non-governmental organizations which focused on the...