"RAVINA SHAMDASANI"

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said, “The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk deplores the expulsion of his representative from Mali.” OHCHR

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said, “The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk deplores the expulsion of his representative from Mali.” OHCHR

Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said, “UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged an end to the ‘illogic of escalation that has been building up, to the detriment of the human rights of Palestinians and Israelis.’” OHCHR

A Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said that “criminal proceedings and the death penalty are being weaponized by the Iranian Government to punish individuals participating in protests and to strike fear into the population so as to stamp out dissent, in violation of international human rights law.” UNTV CH

UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, is calling on Russian legislators to repeal and not expand the anti-LGBTI bill. UNTV CH

“This week saw further violence in the occupied West Bank, raising concerns about the possible resumption of unlawful targeted killings by Israeli security forces,” UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said. UNTV CH

The UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said, “An escalation in hostilities in northern Syria this month has resulted in the deaths and injuries of civilians. This worrying development was also marked by the targeted killing in eastern rural Aleppo of a social media activist and his pregnant wife.” UNTV CH

Ahead of mass protests planned next week to mark one year since the 25 October coup in Sudan, a UN Human Rights spokesperson called on Sudanese authorities to ensure that people can exercise their rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of opinion, and expression and to ensure that security forces refrain from use of force. UNTV CH

The High Commissioner for Human Rights deplores the lethal use of force against protesters in several cities in Chad, including killings by live ammunition. UNTV CH

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned today that the latest alarming airstrikes on the Tigray region risk seriously exacerbating the already devastating impact of hostilities on civilians. UNTV CH