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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14-05-2009 12:11:37
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My exclusive interview with United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan — from Lillehammer, Norway at the World Expression Forum conference 👉 youtu.be/ap120gVEa1Y?si…




Representing PEN International, Sebastien Lai yesterday addressed the 59th Session of UN Human Rights with UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan, calling for his father Jimmy Lai's immediate & unconditional release. #FreeJimmyLai pen-international.org/news/china-hon…

Global decline in freedom of expression is endangering free and fair elections & must be reversed for the sake of democracy as well as #HumanRights, concludes UN expert Irene Khan in her report to #HRC59. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…


Two 🇺🇳 UN Youth Delegates representing 🇵🇱 Poland delivered their interventions during the interactive dialogues with UN Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression and on the Right to Education at the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council, presenting the unique point of view and insight.


Full room today for the side event on election, freedom of assebly and freedom of expression! Thank you all for coming and special thanks to Irene Khan and @ginitastar for the insights. 🇨🇿🇳🇱🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇳 EU at the UN - Geneva #MultilateralismMatters Canada in Geneva 🍁 #HRC59

👇🏼our demand that women in #Bangladesh must be directly elected to Parliament. Nagorik Coalition - নাগরিক কোয়ালিশন Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP



At a UNHRC side event co-hosted by Committee to Protect Journalists, UN Special Rapporteur @IreneKhan urged the international community to take action to protect freedom of expression in the Philippines. "It is in countries like the Philippines where there is still democracy that we must stand up



CPJ Asia Irene Khan Committee to Protect Journalists As a journalist, I strongly echo @IreneKhan's call at the #UNHRC: defending freedom of expression is not optional, it’s urgent. Democracies erode when rights are ignored. The Philippines must rejoin the ICC, ratify the Convention on Enforced Disappearances, and amend its ATAct.
