UN Urges End to Arbitrary Detentions in Guinea-Bissau

UN urges end to arbitrary detentions in Guinea-Bissau

The UN rights office welcomed Friday the release of six opposition members detained since last month's coup in Guinea-Bissau but insisted all arbitrary detentions in the west African country must end.

UN Welcomes Release of Guinea-Bissau Opposition Figures, Urges Further Action

Authorities have been urged to put an end to all arbitrary detentions and to halt all forms of intimidation, including physical attacks against human rights defenders.

UN urges immediate end to arbitrary detention and intimidation in Guinea-Bissau following release of opposition figures

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday released a statement calling upon authorities in Guinea-Bissau to bring an immediate end to arbitrary detentions and growing instances of intimidation in the country, warning that the reported abuses undermine fundamental freedoms and may in some cases amount to enforced disappearance. The call followed the authorities’ decision to release six opposition figures from gover…

UN Urges End to Arbitrary Detentions in Guinea Bissau After Six Released

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/un-urges-end-to-arbitrary-detentions-in-guinea-bissau-after-six-released/The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) welcomed the release on Tuesday of six opposition figures from detention in Guinea Bissau as an encouraging step, but stressed that authorities must put an end to all arbitrary detentions and forms of int…