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5 Oct 2015, 8:15 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] called Saturday for a "swift, full and transparent investigation" [press release] into airstrikes that hit a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) [advocacy website] clinic in Kunduz, Afghanistan, over the weekend. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 8:41 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] urged a greater commitment to human rights Wednesday while announcing a $253 million funding appeal [press release]. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 8:39 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] expressed concern [press release] Thursday about excessive force used by Senegalese authorities in response to protests that ensued after the announcement of presidential candidates. [read post]
14 May 2015, 9:07 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] on Wednesday urgently called [press release] on all parties in Burundi to "exercise calm and restraint" amid reports of a coup taking place in the Burundian capital. [read post]
10 May 2016, 5:35 am
[JURIST] Three UN rights experts on Monday urged [press release] the Egyptian government end its oppressive response towards human rights advocates in the country. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 6:37 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official website] on Wednesday condemned [press release] the a trial [JURIST report] of former Maldives president Mohammed Nasheed [Huffington Post profile]. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 8:55 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] criticized China [AFP report] on Thursday for welcoming Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [case materials; JURIST news archive] rather than arresting him to stand trial. [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 8:34 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon [official profile] said in a statement [text] delivered Sunday to the African Union Summit that Africa must honor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [text] by ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. [read post]
27 Aug 2011, 9:15 am
Estimados Foristas: Les dejo la copia o respuesta que me da la Condusef al reportar un despacho de cobranza, como todos sabemos esta dependencia esta para asesorar y sansionar a los despachos por sus pesimos metodos de cobranza. [read post]
22 Aug 2017, 7:09 am
[JURIST] The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) [official website] released a special report [text] on Sunday detailing the human rights violations committed during attacks on the Mirza Olang village earlier this month. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 6:20 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Friday called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release lawyers, journalists and human rights activists [official statement] who have been arrested and for the government to investigate whether the violence against protesters [JURIST report] has been planned. [read post]
15 Jan 2014, 5:34 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Tuesday criticized Nigeria's new law on the prohibition of same-sex marriage, calling the legislation a direct violation of basic, universal human rights. [read post]
26 Apr 2021, 3:47 pm
La Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos anunció hoy que el número de personas que residen en Puerto Rico disminuyó un 11.8%, en comparación con la cifra de 2010. [read post]
23 Feb 2016, 9:05 am
[JURIST] A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] expressed concern [press release] Tuesday over the tense situation in Uganda after Thursday's election where President Yoweri Museveni [BBC profile] apparently won a fifth term in office. [read post]
10 Apr 2015, 7:29 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Thursday criticized Malaysia's proposed anti-terrorism law [press release], known as the Prevention of Terrorism Act [Malaysian Insider report]. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 6:55 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] on Thursday urged [press release] the government of Sri Lanka to adequately investigate alleged war crimes that occurred during the country's 26-year civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
24 Jun 2016, 12:11 pm
[JURIST] Former UN General Assembly [official website] president John Ashe, who was under corruption investigation by US authorities, died on Thursday after suffering neck trauma. [read post]
20 Oct 2017, 2:35 pm
The Guatemalan Constitutional Court [official website, in Spanish] on Wednesday withdrew [text, in Spanish] the foreign ministry's [official website, in Spanish] warning to the head of the UN International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) [official Website], Iván Velásquez. [read post]
8 Jun 2016, 6:25 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] urged [text] the Iraqi government to "take immediate measures to ensure that" those fleeing the city of Fallujah are "treated in strict accordance with international human rights and international humanitarian laws. [read post]
9 Oct 2016, 2:54 pm
David Kaye, the top UN expert on free expression, stated [press release] Friday that reports that Yahoo allowed the US government to search hundreds of millions of customers' e-mails "raise serious human rights concerns. [read post]
