Source: United Nations (Video News)
In a new report launched on Tuesday, the UN independent expert on human rights in Russia exposes alarming patterns of torture used as a State-sanctioned tool of repression to stifle dissent and intimidate communities abroad. UN News spoke to Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, and former political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza.
Special Rapporteurs are appointed by the Geneva-based Human Rights Council. They serve in their individual capacity, independent of the UN system and national governments. They are not UN staff and draw no salary.