Irene Khan (@irenekhan) 's Twitter Profile
Irene Khan

@irenekhan

#HumanRights activist, gender =, #freespeech, #justice for all, global citizen w roots in 🇧🇩 UN Special Rapporteur Freedom of Opinion & Expression

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UN Special Procedures (@un_spexperts) 's Twitter Profile Photo

AFGHANISTAN: The International community must not normalise de facto authorities and their regime of institutionalised discrimination, segregation and exclusion of women & girls say UN experts, marking 3 years since the Taliban seized power in the country. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

AFGHANISTAN: The International community must not normalise de facto authorities and their regime of institutionalised discrimination, segregation and exclusion of women & girls say UN experts, marking 3 years since the Taliban seized power in the country.
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Irene Khan (@irenekhan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very encouraging to see strong commitment to #HumanRights for all by the interim govt of #Bangladesh under leadership of Prof Yunus Muhammad Yunus

Irene Khan (@irenekhan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

👇🏼strong call to United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt resolution on #Bangladesh. Res. shd welcome UN Human Rights FactFinding Mission & call on Yunus-led interim govt to cooperate with #UN & ensure #justice & accountability based on international #HumanRights law.

David Bergman (@thedavidbergman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is good on India's dire foreign policy decisions on Bangladesh. "But the help given 54 years ago [by India during Bangladesh's War of Independence in 1971] isn’t enough to make Bangladesh feel indebted forever. The US liberated half of Europe, but the EU isn’t the US’s

Al Arabiya English (@alarabiya_eng) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Speaking to Al Arabiya English's Tom Watson, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion, Irene Khan, says that the youth in #Bangladesh are seeking “a more just, more equal society” following the deadly protests that toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

UN News (@un_news_centre) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that “completely erase” women’s presence in public The UN human rights office is calling for it to be immediately revoked news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

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UN experts raise the alarm on terrible and inhumane conditions in which news publisher, José Rubén Zamora, is being detained in #Guatemala 🇬🇹, warning that this may amount to torture & endanger his life. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

UN experts raise the alarm on terrible and inhumane conditions in which news publisher, José Rubén Zamora, is being detained in #Guatemala 🇬🇹, warning that this may amount to torture & endanger his life.

ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
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👏👏👏 to #Bangladesh - important step towards accountability and elimination of #EnforcedDisappearances and commitment to uphold #HumanRights. Hope government will soon invite UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances to visit 🇧🇩

DD Geopolitics (@dd_geopolitics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Professor Danny Shaw Becomes Latest Victim of the Assault on Free Speech Professor Danny Shaw, former heavyweight boxer and educator, was detained and interrogated by the FBI and DHS at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on August 28, 2024, following his attendance at the Free

BREAKING: Professor Danny Shaw Becomes Latest Victim of the Assault on Free Speech

Professor Danny Shaw, former heavyweight boxer and educator, was detained and interrogated by the FBI and DHS at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on August 28, 2024, following his attendance at the Free
Council of Europe Media Freedom (@coemediafreedom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ukraine : Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans killed, 3 journalists injured in missile attack on Kramatorsk hotel Find out more 👉 go.coe.int/tgG6i An alert submitted by CPJ Europe and Central Asia & IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media #EuropeForFreeMedia

Ukraine : Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans killed, 3 journalists injured in missile attack on Kramatorsk hotel 
Find out more 👉 go.coe.int/tgG6i
An alert submitted by <a href="/CPJ_Eurasia/">CPJ Europe and Central Asia</a>  &amp; <a href="/globalfreemedia/">IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media</a> 
#EuropeForFreeMedia
Irene Khan (@irenekhan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Bangladesh was ready to explode. I was there with the students👇🏼⁦Shahidul Alam⁩ ‘s experience and analysis of the #MonsoonRevolution which has shown that development without respect for #HumanRights and #FreedomofExpression is not sustainable. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office (@amnestysasia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BANGLADESH: Amnesty International welcomes the reported abolition of the unjust system of "blacklisting of workers" maintained by the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). The database had been routinely used to deny employment to workers accused of

Volker Türk (@volker_turk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Human rights are the building blocks of just, equal, peaceful societies. Yet there's an alarming surge in diverting funds away from them & the people that support their implementation, including my Office. I urge Govts to re-prioritise funding to ensure human rights come first.

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The prevalence of social media, #AI & #misinformation is exacerbating the growing 🌐challenge of negationism & revisionism of past human rights violations. - Bernard Duhaime, Sp. Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation buff.ly/47ldJJ3 #HRC57 United Nations Human Rights Council | 📍#HRC57

The prevalence of social media, #AI &amp; #misinformation is exacerbating the growing 🌐challenge of negationism &amp; revisionism of past human rights violations.

- Bernard Duhaime, Sp. Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation

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#HRC57 <a href="/UN_HRC/">United Nations Human Rights Council | 📍#HRC57</a>
IFJ (@ifjglobal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 #DemocracyDay: We call for journalists to unite and unionise! Your voice matters and your #union is your power. Together we can defend press freedom, fight censorship, and protect democracy. Strong unions mean strong journalism ✊ #UnionStrong

📢 #DemocracyDay: We call for journalists to unite and unionise! Your voice matters and your #union is your power. Together we can defend press freedom, fight censorship, and protect democracy.

Strong unions mean strong journalism ✊ #UnionStrong
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🇻🇪 "24 expertos y expertas de la ONU exigen cese de la censura en #Venezuela" via @IPYSVenezuela ipysvenezuela.org/2024/09/04/24-…

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#Tunisia: With elections a month away, authorities banned the latest issue of Jeune Afrique as part of a broader crackdown on independent media. Read more: ⬇️ ow.ly/FMU750TkcTE

Irene Khan (@irenekhan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I urge #SriLanka to give visas to foreign journalists from various countries to report on the elections. Media diversity will ensure better #MediaCoverage & #MediaFreedom. Refusing visas raise concerns and questions - what are the authorities trying to hide?!

Irene Khan (@irenekhan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I wrote in The Daily Star 13 yrs ago choosing to wear/not wear a hijab is women’s #FreedomOfExpression. In my UN report A/76/258 on gender justice I denounce attacks on women’s apparel as gendered censorship. When will women in 🇧🇩enjoy #GenderEquality in all #HumanRights?