A group of United Nations human rights experts warned today that the current state of emergency in France and the country’s law on surveillance of electronic communications impose excessive and disproportionate restrictions on fundamental freedoms.
While peaceful and credible elections were held in several countries in West Africa in the past six months, violent extremism continues to pose a serious threat throughout the area, the top United Nations official for the region warned today.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the bombings and gun attacks today in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and reaffirmed that “there is absolutely no justification” for such acts of terrorism.
