Volker Türk Asks Egypt to Release Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday (8 November) expressed deep regret that the Egyptian authorities…
Use of Force Against Protesters in Iran Must Stop: UN Human Rights Office
A month after demonstrations erupted across Iran, the UN Human Rights Office says that unabated violent response by security forces…
UN Commission Concludes War Crimes Committed in Ukraine
Witnesses provided the Commission with consistent accounts of ill-treatment and torture carried out during unlawful confinement. Based on its investigations…
UN Experts Demand Accountability for Death of Mahsa Amini in Iran
A group of UN experts* on 22 September condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody…
Gujarat Riots Case of Modi: Teesta Setalvad Gets Bail in Supreme Court
By RMN News Service The Supreme Court of India today (September 2) granted interim bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad.…
UN Experts Denounce Withdrawal of Belarus from Aarhus Convention
Measures for the protection of environmental human rights defenders are urgently needed in Belarus and elsewhere in the Aarhus space. …