UN OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [to 6 February 2016]
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/media.aspx?IsMediaPage=true
Selected Press Releases
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Upholding women’s human rights essential to Zika response – Zeid
GENEVA (5 February 2016) – Upholding women’s human rights is essential if the response to the Zika health emergency is to be effective, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Friday, adding that laws and policies that restrict access to sexual and reproductive health services in contravention of international standards, must be repealed and concrete steps must be taken so that women have the information, support and services they require to exercise their rights to determine whether and when they become pregnant.
Press briefing note on Israel
5 February 2016
Subject: Israel
We are extremely concerned at the rapidly deteriorating health of Mohammed Al-Qiq, a Palestinian journalist who is on hunger strike in Israel to protest against his administrative detention and the ill-treatment he alleges since his arrest on 21 November 2015.
Julian Assange arbitrarily detained by Sweden and the UK, UN expert panel finds
5 February 2016
Sudan: UN expert urges protection of unarmed civilians after new escalation of violence in Darfur
5 February 2016