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UN experts call for ‘effective investigation’ into Hezbollah critic’s murder

UN human rights experts have raised concerns over the integrity of the Lebanese government's probe into the murder of prominent Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim, calling for a "credible and effective investigation" to bring the killers to justice. In a statement released on Monday, UN officials said the probe by the Lebanese government has "led to no meaningful result" and urged Beirut to consider requesting international technical assistance in the investigation. […]

today23 March 2021

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UN experts call for Egypt to halt executions

Egypt must stop executions until it has reviewed all death sentences and retry any convictions that are found to rest on unfair trials, five independent UN human rights experts said on Friday. Egypt’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva did not immediately comment on the appeal, but Egyptian prosecution and judicial sources rejected the criticism. “We have raised multiple specific cases with the Egyptian authorities and continue to receive […]

today27 January 2018

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Army offensive aimed at ‘preventing’ Rohingya return

Myanmar security forces have carried out "well organised, coordinated and systematic" attacks aimed at preventing members of the Rohingya ethnic group from returning, the UN Human Rights office said in a report on Wednesday. The report, based on interviews with Rohingya who arrived in Bangladesh in the past month, said that "clearance operations" started before armed attacks on police posts on August 25 and included killings, torture, and the rape […]

today11 October 2017

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