US deportations raise serious human rights concerns
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has voiced concern over the recent deportation of [...] Full text...
UN migration agency helping migrants in the US return home voluntarily
13 may 2025 - 07:18:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States has asked the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to assist undocumented migrants who [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Egyptian authorities to end campaign of mass arrests and forced returns of Sudanese refugees
19 june 2024 - 07:10:44Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian authorities must immediately cease the mass arbitrary arrests and unlawful deportations of Sudanese refugees [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Rwandan authorities of using violence to silence criticism
10 october 2023 - 10:27:38New York, US (PANA) – Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to [...] Full text...
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Amhara Conflict: Ethiopia shaken by a new, growing rebellion in Amhara (News feature)
18 august 2023 - 11:45:18Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Two weeks after irregular militia fighters called the Fano seized several towns and cities in [...] Full text...
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UN experts urge swift action to uphold migrants’ rights in Tunisia
18 july 2023 - 19:17:11Geneva, Swtizerland (PANA) - A group of UN independent experts on Tuesday expressed concern over Tunisia's alleged discriminatory treatment of [...] Full text...
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UN experts urge Ethiopia to halt mass deportation of Eritreans
13 july 2023 - 12:09:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN experts on Thursday condemned Ethiopia's summary expulsion of hundreds of Eritreans at the end of [...] Full text...
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Little progress combating systemic racism against people of African descent: UN report
01 october 2022 - 05:33:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than two years since the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the [...] Full text...
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Libyan officials, diplomats meet on voluntary repatriation of illegal migrants
08 february 2022 - 12:31:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan officials and diplomats o Monday held a meeting in Tipoli focusing on voluntary repatriation of [...] Full text...
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Gambia among countries to be penalized by UK for refusing to accept deportees
03 january 2022 - 19:35:02Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Priti Patel, British Home Secretary, has announced plans to 'impose visa penalties' on Gambia and others [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian president, Cheikh Abdallahi dies
23 november 2020 - 11:44:05Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The former Mauritanian president (2007-2008), Sidi Mohamed ould Cheikh Abdallahi, died on Sunday night at the [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Meeting held on humanitarian liabilities
23 september 2020 - 16:14:21Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The president of the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), Ahmed Salem ould Bouhoubeini, Wednesday received [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Parliament rejects motion demanding apology from France on crimes during colonial era
10 june 2020 - 10:59:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Parliament rejected a motion on Tuesday evening by the Coalition Al Karama (Dignity), a [...] Full text...
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Rwandan dailies highlight wave of arrests, deportations of Rwandan nationals from Uganda
30 november 2019 - 11:38:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week focused on the latest wave of arrests of Rwandans inside Uganda and [...] Full text...
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US deports number of Liberians on multiple charges
14 november 2019 - 00:13:25Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The United States of America has deported a number of Liberians on multiple charges, an official [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian opposition leader tasks president El Ghazouani with political grieviances
01 october 2019 - 17:40:11Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Biram Dah Abeid, an anti-slavery leader and defeated opposition candidate in the 22 June presidential election [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Opposition coalition calls for dialogue
23 july 2019 - 15:25:31Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The coalition that backed Biram Dah Abeid, the anti-slavery leader who was second with more than [...] Full text...
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Free movement of people and goods across Rwanda-Uganda borders dominates Rwandan media
31 march 2019 - 16:09:01Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The slow and controlled movement of goods and people across Rwanda's border with Uganda dominated the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Presidential aide says deportation of 723 Nigerians by Ghana "disturbing"
21 february 2019 - 21:36:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior aide on Nigerians in Diaspora, Ms Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Thursday described as [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Angola to suspend deportation of DRC refugees
15 november 2018 - 05:36:23Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, on Thursday asked the Angolan government to immediately suspend [...] Full text...
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Over 330,000 DRC migrants at risk after mass deportations from Angola – UN rights chief
27 october 2018 - 03:31:40Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, on Friday warned that the forcible mass expulsion [...] Full text...
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‘States must act now to protect indigenous peoples during migration,’ rights experts say
08 august 2018 - 19:49:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - States around the world must take effective action to guarantee the human rights of indigenous peoples, [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Israel's deportation of African asylum-seekers
27 march 2018 - 05:16:59Tel Aviv, Israel (PANA) - Israel’s policy of deporting African asylum-seekers to two unnamed African countries is an abdication of [...] Full text...
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Rights group warns of new wave of deportations by Algeria
27 february 2018 - 07:55:37Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Algerian authorities have rounded up hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans since January 2018, including women and children, [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Three bodies issue roadmap to improve situation of refugees in Europe
10 july 2017 - 10:39:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund and IRC, the International Rescue Committee, [...] Full text...
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UN: UN agency commends Cameroon, Chad, Niger for harbouring Nigerian refugees
15 august 2015 - 15:12:03New York, US (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has expressed concern about the escalating violence in and around [...] Full text...
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Senegal: AI in Congo aIarmed by detentions, deportations of West Africans
02 july 2015 - 17:41:45Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) Thursday expressed alarm over a new wave of arrests, detentions and deportations targeting [...] Full text...
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Congo: Mass deportations of DRC nationals 'may amount to crimes against humanity'
02 july 2015 - 10:48:45Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Police violence, persecution, arbitrary detentions and rape amid a security operation to deport tens of thousands [...] Full text...
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Senegal: AI calls on Egypt to release Al Jazeera journalists
02 february 2015 - 13:42:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Amnesty International (AI) Sunday said the continuing plight of Al Jazeera journalists, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed [...] Full text...
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Belgium: Togolese woman threatened with expulsion from Belgium
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UN: Refugee agency warns Sudan over forced return of Eritrean asylum seekers
06 july 2014 - 19:09:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, says Sudan has forced dozens of Eritrean refugees and other [...] Full text...
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UN: Officials urge Brazzaville to halt expulsion of DR Congo nationals
26 may 2014 - 22:11:45New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials on Monday urged the Republic of the Congo to immediately stop expelling [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Mauritanian refugees plan demonstration over unfulfilled govt. promises
20 april 2014 - 15:48:45Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The association of Mauritanians repatriated from Senegal (ARMS) plan to hold a protest march from the [...] Full text...
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Morocco: Morocco summons Algerian Ambassador over Syrian deportations
29 january 2014 - 10:14:48Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan Foreign Ministry Tuesday summoned the Algerian Ambassador to protest the recent deportation of Syrian [...] Full text...
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Mauritania pressure group demands arrest for former president Ould Taya
13 december 2012 - 21:28:24Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Supporters of a pressure group, "Touche Pas à Ma Nationalité" (Don't touch my Nationality), on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Murder of British, Italian hostages, deportation row dominate front pages in Nigeria
10 march 2012 - 11:14:19Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The killing of two Europeans by their abductors as well as the deportation of 125 Nigerians [...] Full text...
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HRW urges Somaliland to stop forced return of refugees
06 january 2012 - 09:08:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Somaliland authorities to cease forcibly returning refugees [...] Full text...
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UN agency condemns Sudan over deportation of Eritrean refugees
18 october 2011 - 16:28:18New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday condemned Sudan's deportation of over 300 Eritrean [...] Full text...
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South Africa deports illegal Zimbabwean immigrants
13 october 2011 - 12:24:19Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Hundreds of Zimbabwean deportees arrived home from South Africa Thursday, a day after Pretoria began forcible [...] Full text...
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Kenyan officials vow strong challenge at Hague hearings
20 september 2011 - 06:17:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s former Police Chief Hussein Ali, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Cabinet Chief Francis Muthaura [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's President 'fires' Adviser on Counter-terrorism
05 september 2011 - 12:42:51Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has fired his Adviser on Counter-terrorism, Mr. Zakari Ibrahim, in the wake [...] Full text...
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ICC prosecutors: Kenyan suspects created 'mass killing machine'
02 september 2011 - 17:24:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors said Friday that three Kenyan suspects created a criminal network, [...] Full text...
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UN agency condemns Sudan's deportation of Eritrean refugees
26 july 2011 - 19:22:54New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Tuesday condemned Sudan’s deportation of Eritrean asylum-seekers on [...] Full text...
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Kenyan parliament discusses detained terror suspects in Uganda
13 april 2011 - 17:36:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan parliament has demanded action against the Ugandan government over the arrest and detention of human [...] Full text...
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Kenyan minister vows to protest Uganda’s deportations
13 april 2011 - 16:30:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s acting Foreign Minister George Saitoti has pledged to follow up Wednesday’s deportation of four Kenyans [...] Full text...
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ICC judges warn Kenyan suspects against fresh violence
07 april 2011 - 15:16:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) warned Thursday that arrest warrants against six Kenyans suspected of crimes [...] Full text...
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80 Congolese expelled from Angola
12 february 2011 - 11:34:07Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Eighty Congolese, expelled recently from Angola, have found themselves without assistance in the South West [...] Full text...
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Outrage in SA over planned deportation of immigrants
06 september 2010 - 10:10:00Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- A special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabwe ans, who were allowed to enter [...] Full text...
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UNHCR alarmed at 'mistreatment' of Somali refugees
23 july 2010 - 14:37:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- UNHCR has said it is alarmed by a deterioration in the treatment of uprooted Somali civilians [...] Full text...
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'Kenyan Police routinely abuse Somali asylum seekers'
17 june 2010 - 11:19:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Police officers routinely abuse Somali asylum seekers and refugees fleeing the fighting in the Horn [...] Full text...
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NGO launches campaign to resolve deportation of Mauritanian refugees
03 may 2010 - 22:48:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A non-governmental organisation on Monday launched a campaign to settle all problems arising from the deportations [...] Full text...
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73 Congolese deported from Brazzaville in one week
19 february 2010 - 14:34:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Seventy three Congolese from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were deported from Congo Brazzaville [...] Full text...
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Mauritania declares 25 March 'national reconciliation day'
18 november 2009 - 12:43:00Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has declared 25 March every year as the ''national reconciliation day'', PANA learnt [...] Full text...
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Illegal migrant workers being treated well in Libya - Official
10 november 2009 - 21:48:00Sabratha- Libya (PANA)- â" Illegal migrant workers being detained in Libya are b eing treated with respect in conformity with [...] Full text...
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Chad expels Cameroonian-born journalist after Nobel Peace Prize story
17 october 2009 - 12:15:00New York- US (PANA) -- Chadian authorities summarily expelled a Cameroonian-born journalist from the country on Wednesday, a day after [...] Full text...
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Chad expels Cameroonian-born journalist after Nobel Peace Prize story
17 october 2009 - 11:12:00New York- US (PANA) -- Chadian authorities summarily expelled a Cameroonian-born journalist from the country on Wednesday, a day after [...] Full text...
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HRW urges Pretoria to end strain on asylum system, protect Zimbabweans
08 january 2009 - 11:14:00Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The South African government should end its sole reliance on an overburdened asylum system that protects [...] Full text...
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