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Volker Türk Expresses Shock at Death Sentences by Military Courts in Myanmar The latest convictions would bring the total number of individuals sentenced to capital punishment to 139 individuals since…
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday (8 November) expressed deep regret that the Egyptian authorities have not yet released blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah,…
Since the beginning of the military coup on 1 February 2021, at least 70,000 people have fled Myanmar. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has called for a moratorium on…
A month after demonstrations erupted across Iran, the UN Human Rights Office says that unabated violent response by security forces against protesters, and reports of arbitrary arrests and the killing…
The tenth (2022) Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir…
Witnesses provided the Commission with consistent accounts of ill-treatment and torture carried out during unlawful confinement. Based on its investigations into events in the regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and…