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Iran: Jailed for defending women who opposed compulsory veiling, Nasrin Sotoudeh must be freed, say UN experts
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GENEVA (21 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the continued imprisonment of woman human rights defender and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and called for her immediate release. “Nasrin...
Turkey: Stop mis-using the law to detain human rights defenders, urges UN expert
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GENEVA (9 June 2021) – A UN expert today urged Turkey to release imprisoned human rights defenders and to stop using vague terrorism charges to turn people who stand up for human rights into criminals...
Press briefing notes on Myanmar
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 11 May 2021 More than 100 days after the coup in Myanmar, the military authorities are showing no...
Azerbaijan: UN experts urge release of ailing Government critic Huseyn Abdullayev
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GENEVA (27 April 2021) – UN human rights experts* today urged the immediate release of infirm inmate Huseyn Abdullayev, a vocal opponent of the Government of Azerbaijan, who has been granted asylum in...
Artificial intelligence ensuring human rights at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals
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Propelled by the common goal to make human rights more accessible, an innovative partnership is ensuring human rights guidance is incorporated into the Sustainable Development Goals. How? It’s all thanks to a machine learning algorithm.
Russia: UN experts raise fair trial concerns over case of Gulag historian Yuri Alexeevich Dmitriev
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Русский GENEVA (1 February 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Russia to ensure historian and human rights defender Yuri Alexeevich Dmitriev has a fair trial amid concerns the proceedings...
Iraq: Wave of mass executions must stop, trials are unfair - UN experts
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GENEVA (20 November 2020) – UN human rights experts* expressed alarm at reports that some 50 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related crimes in Iraq face execution on Monday, and urged the Government...
Gaza aid worker must be given fair trial or released, say UN experts
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العربية GENEVA (12 November 2020) – Israel must release a former Gaza aid worker who has been in prison for more than four years without a verdict, or immediately grant him a fair trial, UN human...
Turkish human rights lawyer dies after hunger strike
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GENEVA (2 September 2020) – The death of Turkish human rights lawyer Ebru Timtik after a long hunger strike was entirely preventable, UN human rights experts* said today, calling on Turkey to release...