A group of independent UN human rights experts is calling for a “paradigm shift” in Qatar to protect people in the Gulf State from arbitrary detention.
The decision by an independent international jury to nominate an Egyptian journalist who has been incarcerated for nearly five years for a top UN award, helps “shine the light” on press freedom at a “pivotal moment”.
A leading human rights expert has added his voice to calls for the United Kingdom and Sweden to respect the findings of a UN committee on whistleblower Julian Assange.
The founder of a controversial freedom of speech website has been held in arbitrary detention and thus deprived of his freedom.
That’s the finding of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention which on Friday released its opinion on the case of Julian Assange.
The editor-in-chief of Wikileaks is wanted by both the Swedish and United Kingdom governments.