Rights

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights asks Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach all-time high

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Russia to end its crackdown on journalists in a statement issued on Tuesday shortly after President Vladmir Putin began a fifth term in office. more

Türk blasts ‘politics of repression and division’, stresses freedom and development link

To advance development, States must reject authoritarianism and protect civic space and fundamental rights, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on Monday.

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