An ailing Bangladeshi cartoonist who has been detained for allegedly spreading fake news about the country’s response to COVID-19, should be released immediately, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday.
An independent UN rights expert has accused the Polish Government of disseminating the “myth” of a “homogenous” Polish culture, in a statement released on Friday.
The United Nations human rights chief urged Member States to sign and ratify a new instrument that strengthens the protection of economic, social and cultural rights, which opened for signature today.