Geneva Summit
55 NGOs: UN must expel Syria from human rights committee
PRESS RELEASE French resident Francois Hollande said Assad’s envoy would be expelled — but in fact Lamia Shakkour stays in Paris as rep to UNESCO
June 1, 2012
Freedom of Expression
Geneva Summit
50 NGOs urge Pakistan to free Christian mother from execution on charge of Blasphemy
PRESS RELEASE Petition was presented now in speech to UN Human Rights Council GENEVA, March 13 – Fifty human rights activists and a former president of
March 13, 2012
Human Rights
issue 340: Gaza Activist Stabbed After Exposing Hamas Use of Human Shields
Gaza Activist Stabbed After Exposing Hamas Use of Human Shields U.N. Must Condemn Latest Hamas Brutality GENEVA, Jan. 17 – The stabbing in Gaza of
January 17, 2012
Human Rights
Iran Censorship Extends to Golden Globes Stage
The contrast couldn’t have been any clearer at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony Sunday when it came to presenting the prize for Best Foreign Language
January 17, 2012
Human Rights
Issue 328: UN Watch’s Tribute for Human Rights Day
GENEVA, Dec. 10 – Sixty-three years ago today, at a special session in Paris, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
December 10, 2011
Canada
North Korea opens disarmament plenary as Canada boycotts & 28 groups protest
PRESS RELEASE North Korean ambassador So Sepyong (left) presiding over the Conference on Disarmament (CD), Geneva, August 4, 2011. Next to him is Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
August 4, 2011
China
China interrupts UN testimony of ex-political prisoner; USA defends Yang Jianli
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, March 15 – The Chinese government today interrupted testimony by one of its most well-known former political prisoners in the plenary of the UN
March 15, 2011
Human Rights
Issue 240: Today at UN Rights Council: Islamic Resolution for Censorship, then Appointment of Anti-American Sandinista as “Expert Adviser”
Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann “has repeatedly abused his position to pursue his personal agenda, and in doing so he diminishes the office and harms the General
June 17, 2010
Geneva Summit
Google: “Internet censorship getting worse, more sophisticated”
Last month, during the main annual session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN Watch worked with a global coalition of 25 human
April 29, 2010
Geneva Summit
Google: “Internet censorship getting worse, more sophisticated”
Last month, during the main annual session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN Watch worked with a global coalition of 25 human
April 29, 2010
Human Rights
Issue 228: Google: “Internet censorship getting worse, more sophisticated”
Last month, parallel to the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, UN Watch worked with a global coalition of 25 human rights groups to
April 29, 2010
Geneva Summit
Fiancé of Neda, Iran’s Slain ‘Angel of Freedom,’ Heading to Geneva Rights Summit
PRESS RELEASE Caspian Makan to protest Iranian government brutality Source: Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy (https://www.genevasummit.org) GENEVA, March 2, 2010 — One
March 2, 2010