Arabic GENEVA (10 October 2018) – Apostasy and spying charges brought against 24 people in Yemen, mostly from the Baha’i minority, must be dropped and discriminatory practices based on religion or...

Women and girls on death row require specific gender-based responses and policies GENEVA (10 October 2018) – Speaking on the World Day Against the Death Penalty, UN human rights experts* urge...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur highlights the interrelationship between freedom of religion or belief and violent extremism. He stresses the duty of States to ensure that any restriction imposed on the right to freedom of religion or belief must strictly comply with the limitations regime stipulated by international human rights law. He argues that ensuring the rights of all persons reduces conflict involving religion or belief, thereby better facilitating human security.

Arabic GENEVA (26 July 2018) - UN human rights experts* have urged Egyptian authorities to release poet Galal El Behairy, who has been detained since February for writing a song critical of government...

GENEVA (25 July 2018) – The Government of Pakistan must repeal discriminatory provisions in its electoral law which is leading to members of the Ahmadiyya minority being persecuted and targeted in...

Uzbek version GENEVA (7 June 2018) – The Parliament of Uzbekistan has adopted a roadmap on the Government’s actions to implement the recommendations made by the UN expert of freedom of religion or...

GENEVA (24 May 2018) – UN human rights experts* are calling on the authorities in India to act urgently to protect journalist Rana Ayyub, who has received death threats following an online hate...

French GENEVA (8 May 2018) – A group of UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concerns about the continued detention of Mauritanian blogger Cheikh Ould Mohamed M’kheitir on charges which...

GENEVA (30 April 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called for the retrial of four men sentenced to death by a Bahraini military court in a collective trial that breached fair trial and due process...

Tunis 19 April 2018 I. Introduction In my capacity as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, I undertook an official country visit to Tunisia from 9-19 April 2018 at...