10 September 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Afghanistan
Taliban use live ammunition, batons and whips against peaceful protesters in various provinces and order telecommunications companies to switch off internet on mobile phones in specific areas of Kabul
Press briefing notes on Afghanistan (Appeal or News Release, English)
3 September 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Iran
UN human rights experts call on Iranian government to halt the imminent execution of a Kurdish prisoner as there are serious concerns that he did not receive a fair trial and was tortured during pre-trial detention
Iran must halt imminent execution of Kurdish prisoner – UN experts (Appeal or News Release, English)
3 September 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Afghanistan
UN human rights experts call on international community to provide protection to Afghan journalists and media workers, especially women, as they are facing threats and systematic human rights violations
Afghanistan: Journalists at risk of persecution need urgent protection – UN experts (Appeal or News Release, English)
2 September 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Cambodia
UN human rights experts call on Cambodian government to release a 17-year old boy with autism spectrum disorder, who has been in pre-trial detention for more than 2 months without access to his family
Cambodia: UN experts deeply disturbed by detention of boy with autism for on-line criticism (Appeal or News Release, English)
31 August 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Russian Federation
UN expert calls on Russian government to free human rights defender Semyon Simonov and to stop using the law on "foreign agents" to against individuals active in the field of human rights
Russia: Free Semyon Simonov and stop criminalising human rights defenders for legitimate work – UN expert (Appeal or News Release, English)
27 August 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Author), MONUSCO – UNO Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly MONUC) (Author)
Congo, Democratic Republic
Brief report on human rights violations (covering July 2021)
Note du BCNUDH sur les principales tendances des violations des droits de l’homme en juillet 2021 (Periodical Report, French)
24 August 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Cambodia
UN human rights experts criticise Cambodian government over conviction of prominent human rights defender Rong Chhun and 2 of his supporters for comments he made on social media
Cambodia: UN experts condemn conviction of trade union leader, systematic crackdown on human rights defenders (Appeal or News Release, English)
18 August 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Eritrea
UN experts call for the release of journalist and human rights defender detained without trial since 2001
Eritrea: UN experts demand release of human rights defender held 20 years without charge (Appeal or News Release, English)
17 August 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Afghanistan
UN expert calls for Kabul airport to be re-opened for civilian flights and to provide assistance to human rights defenders attempting to leave the country
Afghanistan: UN expert warns of “cultural disaster”, urges visas for the vulnerable (Appeal or News Release, English)
13 August 2021 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
State of Palestine
West Bank: UN human rights experts call on Israeli government to return documents and office equipment seized by its military in a raid on the offices of the NGO Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCIP)
UN experts condemn raid on West Bank NGO, urge Israel meaningfully probe child deaths (Appeal or News Release, English)
