United Nations human rights experts have urged the government to release 21 suspected lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people who were arrested for unlawful assembly at the Nurses and Midwives Hotel, Ho on May 21, 2021.
Human rights experts at the United Nations have urged the government to release the 21 suspected lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) people who were arrested for unlawful assembly at the Nurses and Midwives Hotel, Ho on May 21, 2021.
Chile: Arbitrary and collective expulsion of migrants must stop - UN experts
GENEVA (19 May 2021) – UN experts today called on Chile to immediately stop all plans of collective expulsion of migrants, saying they are entitled to individual assessment and to stay in the country while their situation is considered in line with international human rights norms and standards. Deportations of migrants cannot be carried out in a summary manner but require a case-by-case determination of their international protection needs, taking into account humanitarian considerations of their family roots, social ties and other relevant circumstances, said the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales.
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Colombia: UN and OAS experts condemn crackdown on peaceful protests, urge a thorough and impartial investigation
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GENEVA/ WASHINGTON D.C.(14 May 2021) - UN and OAS human rights experts today condemned the violent crackdown on peaceful protests in Colombia, and called on the Government to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into the reported killings, sexual violence, allegations of torture, and cases of alleged arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance.
“We are deeply distressed by the excessive and unlawful use of force by police and members of the ESMAD (Mobile Anti-Riot Squad) against peaceful demonstrators, human rights defenders and journalists across Colombia,” the experts said. The experts have received reports of at least 26 killings most of which being young people, 1,876 cases of police violence, 216 cases of injuries including police officers, approximately 168 disappearances, 963 alleged arbitrary detentions, at least 12 cases of sexual vio