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Laos: UN experts appeal for help to probe two-year-old disappearance of rights defender

International support is now needed to investigate the enforced disappearance of leading Laotian human rights defender Sombath Somphone, who was last seen in December 2012, a group of United Nations independent experts urged today.

UN expert urges Belarus to release human rights activist Ales Bialiatski

The Government of Belarus must “immediately and unconditionally” release human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, a United Nations independent expert urged today, calling on authorities to stop prosecuting rights defenders and journalists.