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SOCH Nepal submit human rights reports to UN OHCHR

Last year, Freethought Lebanon and SOCH Nepal, with the assistance of Humanists International, submitted written reports on human rights issues to the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR). As part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, the submissions will provide essential, often firsthand facts to support the review of Lebanon and Nepal’s human rights framework. Freethought Lebanon reported on the severe restrictions on the right of freedom of expression and assembly in Lebanon. It referred to the Lebanese state’s unlawful use...