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Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Going beyond complacency required to uphold freedom of religion or belief in Zambia: United Nations (UN) expert

The Special Rapporteur held meetings with Government officials and agencies in Lusaka

Complacency regarding freedom of religion or belief is holding Zambia back from progressing this freedom further, for all, and on an equal basis throughout the country, a UN expert said today. “Zambians are rightly proud of their country, its openness and their alignment with Ubuntu, cordiality and connectedness,” the Special…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Sudan: Türk decries catastrophic cost of inaction as conflict approaches third year

Revenue generated from international trade in Sudan’s gold, gum arabic and livestock has become the financial backbone of the war economy

Warring parties in Sudan are overseeing a wholesale assault on human rights amid global inaction, with deeply catastrophic consequences for civilians, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today as the conflict approaches its third year. “As hostilities have expanded in reach and intensity over the past year,…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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United Nations (UN) expert on freedom of religion or belief to visit Zambia

The expert will seek to get an in-depth understanding of freedom of religion or belief in the country, identify existing and emerging obstacles to the enjoyment of this right

The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea, will conduct an official visit to Zambia from 31 March to 11 April 2025. The expert will seek to get an in-depth understanding of freedom of religion or belief in the country, identify existing and emerging obstacles to…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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United Nations (UN) experts urge immediate action to protect children against trafficking for recruitment and use in hostilities in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Humanitarian agencies have identified more than 1,100 unaccompanied and separated children in North and South Kivu

 UN human rights experts* today called for urgent measures to address grave violations against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid escalating hostilities in North and South Kivu provinces. “The recent surge in violence has led to indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations, massacres and conflict-related sexual violence,…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Niger: Türk says egregious mosque attack should be wake-up call

Assailants from the so-called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara surrounded Fambita Mosque on 21 March and randomly shot at the worshippers

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in western Niger, in which at least 44 worshippers were killed and scores injured. Assailants from the so-called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara surrounded Fambita Mosque on 21 March and randomly shot…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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United Nations (UN) experts on people of African descent to visit Suriname

The experts will gather information on any forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance, to assess the overall human rights situation of Africans

The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will conduct a country visit to Suriname from 24 March to 2 April 2025. The experts will gather information on any forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance, to assess the overall human rights situation of Africans…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Mali: United Nations (UN) experts call for immediate and unconditional release of three political activists, urge specialised medical care

The three political detainees are members of the African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence Party (SADI) and the Movement for Peace in Mali (MPPM)

UN experts* today called for the immediate and unconditional release of political activists Moulaye Baba Haïdara, Mahamoud Mohamed Mangane and Amadou Togola to enable them to receive medical treatment following torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment sustained during their detention by the Malian Security Services. “We are alarmed by…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Guinea Bissau must urgently prioritise water and sanitation, says Special Rapporteur

With 80% of the population in coastal areas, addressing aquifer salinisation from rising sea levels is urgent

The Government of Guinea-Bissau must urgently prioritise water and sanitation services if it wants to improve the lives of its population, particularly women and children, a UN expert said today. The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, made the appeal in…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Mali: United Nations (UN) experts outraged by alleged arbitrary executions of at least ten people

Six men, three women and a two-year-old boy were killed in the Dioura sector (Mopti region) between 2 and 4 January 2025

UN experts* today expressed outrage at the arbitrary executions of at least ten people in Mali, saying the killings may amount to war crimes. “We urge Malian authorities to conduct prompt, effective, thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigations into these killings, in accordance with international law,” the experts said. “Those…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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United Nations (UN) torture prevention body welcomes establishment of national preventive mechanisms in Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa

The SPT monitors treatment and conditions for people deprived of liberty by conducting unannounced visits to police stations, prisons, psychiatric hospitals, immigration detention centres, drug rehabilitation centres and other places of deprivation of liberty

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) hails the setting up of the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) in Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa as a significant step in advancing and fulfilling their obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). “The OPCAT’s torture prevention architecture is built on the…

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