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More protection needed for defenders of human rights

Human rights workers need greater protection from governments around the world.

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Iran: Government takes hard line on supporters of rights of women - UN experts

Two independent United Nations experts on human rights issues today voiced deep concern over the Iranian Government's increasingly severe crackdown on advocates of the rights of women in recent years.

Security legislation can perpetuate emergencies, UN human rights envoy says

Security legislation and other departures from the normal legal regime are perpetuating emergencies by isolating those people best placed to end the emergencies, the United Nations envoy charged with protecting human rights defenders said today.