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14 january 2025 - 05:55:53London, UK (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights [...] Full text...
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London, UK (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights [...] Full text...
Kenya's human rights status downgraded to 'repressed'
04 december 2024 - 11:09:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The civil rights coalition, CIVICUS, announced in a report on Wednesday the downgrade of Kenya's civic [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International slams abduction of Ugandan opposition leader Besigye in Kenya
21 november 2024 - 09:09:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International has expressed deep concern about the abduction of Ugandan opposition leader [...] Full text...
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UN, Brazil launch new initiative to counter climate disinformation
20 november 2024 - 05:20:07Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - As the dangers posed by climate change become increasingly evident worldwide, the need for [...] Full text...
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COP29: Leaders must commit to fair climate financing and fully phasing out fossil fuels
07 november 2024 - 07:48:37Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Leaders at COP29 must listen to demands for climate justice by putting human rights at the [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Mozambican authorities to end post-election assault on protests
31 october 2024 - 10:35:27Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International on Thursday asked Mozambique’s authorities to “immediately halt” their escalating assault [...] Full text...
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Rights expert urges universities to respect pro-Palestinian protests
06 october 2024 - 05:51:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Universities must respect peaceful activism and revise repressive policies targeting the pro-Palestinian solidarity movement on their [...] Full text...
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Niger’s new terrorism database threatens rights - HRW
01 october 2024 - 10:13:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A new Niger government ordinance creating a database of people suspected of terrorism undermines fundamental rights [...] Full text...
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Nigerian authorities must uphold human rights ahead of planned nationwide protests - Amnesty International
01 august 2024 - 08:39:16Abuja, Nigera (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, on Thursday asked the Nigerian authorities to ensure that security agencies [...] Full text...
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'Rights in free fall in Niger after coup' - Rights groups
25 july 2024 - 06:51:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The military authorities in Niger have cracked down on the opposition, media, and peaceful dissent since taking [...] Full text...
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Human rights group calls for release of Guinean activists
12 july 2024 - 06:04:04Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has called for the immediate release of two Guinean activists from [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog flags deepening civil society crackdown in Tunisia
20 may 2024 - 07:19:56Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian authorities have arrested at least nine people amid escalating government actions in recent weeks to [...] Full text...
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'Governments target nationals living abroad': Human Rights Watch
22 february 2024 - 07:00:06New York, US (PANA) – Governments across the globe are reaching beyond their borders and committing human rights abuses against [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Senegal's delayed election sparks violence, repression
13 february 2024 - 07:24:23Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday asked the Senegalese authorities to immediately open independent investigations into violence [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe govt urged to free rights defender Diallo, end 'discriminatory conscription' of independent voices
22 january 2024 - 11:47:00Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday called on the Burkina Faso authorities to ensure his safe return [...] Full text...
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Amnesty condemns killing of Mozambican journalist Fernando Chamusse; demand investigation
16 december 2023 - 10:18:36Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned the deplorable killing of Mozambican journalist João Fernando Chamusse on 14 [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Tunisian authorities to quash 'outrageous' conviction against activist Chaima Issa
14 december 2023 - 08:30:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Amnesty International is asking Tunisia’s authorities to immediately quash the "outrageous conviction" by a military court [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls out Burkina Faso government for crackdown on dissent
09 november 2023 - 09:11:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Burkina Faso's military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its [...] 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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UN rights chief blasts ‘politics of repression and division
11 september 2023 - 17:00:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To advance development, States must reject authoritarianism and protect civic space and fundamental rights, UN rights [...] Full text...
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HRW calls for release of Ethiopia's Oromo opposition figures held despite court orders
24 july 2023 - 06:31:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) is asking the Ethiopian authorities to immediately release seven Oromo opposition figures arbitrarily [...] Full text...
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UN agency urged to address deteriorating human rights situation in Tunisia
28 june 2023 - 06:18:20Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Four human rights organisations have urged the UN Human Rights Council to urgently address the deterioration [...] Full text...
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Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – Rights probe
27 march 2023 - 17:13:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN-appointed independent human rights investigators on Monday said there were grounds to believe that Libyan authorities and [...] Full text...
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EU urged to prioritise human rights over politics in Tunisia talks
19 march 2023 - 06:01:47Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Four human rights organisations are urging the European Union foreign affairs ministers to publicly press the Tuniaian authorities [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Tunisian President Saied to immediately stop his political ‘witch hunt’
20 february 2023 - 10:50:08Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian authorities are escalating efforts to crack down on high-profile critics and perceived opponents of President [...] Full text...
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Gambian President Barrow urges countrymen to live together in peace
19 february 2023 - 14:02:37Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has urged his countrymen to live together in peace for the development [...] Full text...
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EU Parliament calls for Eswatini aid suspension
16 february 2023 - 22:22:28Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the suspension of aid to Eswatini and [...] Full text...
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Rights group says conflicts, violence threaten rights in Africa
13 january 2023 - 10:13:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African leaders failed to tackle widespread abuses against civilians by state security forces and non-state armed [...] Full text...
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Rights group demands release of Zimbabwean opposition MPs unjustly held for 100 days
21 september 2022 - 06:36:05Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The continued arbitrary detention of opposition leader and Member of Parliament Job Sikhala and MP Godfrey [...] Full text...
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Rights group says US Secretary of State's visit to DRC tests US support for democracy, rights
09 august 2022 - 11:20:41Washington, DC, US (PANA) – United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken should publicly promote free and fair elections, respect [...] Full text...
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US says it shares concerns of Tunisians on processes of drafting controversial constitution
29 july 2022 - 06:52:39Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it shares concerns expressed by many Tunisians that the process of drafting [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Morocco for 'silencing' critical activists, journalists
28 july 2022 - 08:56:15New York, US (PANA) – The Moroccan authorities are using indirect and underhanded tactics to silence critical activists and journalists, Human [...] Full text...
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Mali’s press ban reflects growing regional intolerance, says UN rights office
29 april 2022 - 15:26:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Mali’s ban on two major international broadcasters operating inside the country is "a worrying development" in [...] Full text...
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DRC military court sends 13 activists to prison : Amnesty International
01 april 2022 - 22:36:38Beni, DRC (PANA) - A military Court has sentenced 13 activists arrested during a peaceful protest in Beni, in the [...] Full text...
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AI report says conflict contagious in face of perilously weak international responses in 2021
29 march 2022 - 18:21:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Amnesty International said in its latest report that in 2021, new and unresolved conflicts erupted or [...] Full text...
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AI reports says political leaders and corporate titans put profit and power ahead of people
29 march 2022 - 16:26:20Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) says political leaders and corporate titans have put profit and power ahead of [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International asks Algeria to end 'unrelenting crackdown' on dissent
10 february 2022 - 08:17:53Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has asked Algeria to end its unrelenting crackdown on all forms [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief slams dissolution of judicial independence body by Tunisia president
09 february 2022 - 04:34:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dissolving the Tunisian body that deals with judicial independence, known as the High Judicial Council, is [...] Full text...
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UN rights office calls for release of former Tunisian justice minister
12 january 2022 - 06:18:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release - or properly charge - former justice [...] Full text...
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US slams Benin government for jailing opposition leaders
14 december 2021 - 07:04:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has criticised the Benin authorities for the sentencing of political opponents in the [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State, Nigerian President discuss bilateral relations
19 november 2021 - 05:25:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday met with Nigerian President Buhari in Abuja with [...] Full text...
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Bachelet condemns killings of peaceful protesters in Sudan
18 november 2021 - 20:39:41Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - At least 39 people have been killed by security forces in Sudan since the 25 October military coup, 15 of whom [...] Full text...
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‘Overzealous’ security services undermining South Sudan peace: rights experts
21 october 2021 - 05:36:10Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - State security forces in South Sudan have been responsible for imposing new and potentially arbitrary restrictions against the country’s [...] Full text...
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Rights group says crackdown on opposition, media intensifies in Rwanda
20 october 2021 - 07:14:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Rwandan authorities have arrested nine people linked to an opposition party and a journalist in the past [...] Full text...
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South Sudan plagued by violence and corruption, Human Rights Council hears
23 september 2021 - 18:59:31New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan continues to be “plagued” by violence and corruption, the Human Rights Council heard [...] Full text...
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Rights group says oppressive laws remain in Gambia despite President’s promises
23 september 2021 - 05:35:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Despite Gambian President Adama Barrow’s pledge to reform the country nearly five years ago, oppressive laws [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia crisis: Premier Abiy responds to US sanctions over Tigray situation
17 september 2021 - 20:33:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday wrote an open letter to US President Joseph [...] Full text...
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Eritrea pressed to free journalists, politicians held over two decades in jail
17 september 2021 - 17:31:14Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - Eritrean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 21 journalists and politicians arrested in a sweeping crackdown [...] Full text...
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Torture, killings, lawlessness, still blight Burundi’s rights record: UN
17 september 2021 - 06:53:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The people of Burundi continue to endure serious human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity, [...] Full text...
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Zambia's new leader pressed to end human rights crackdown
24 august 2021 - 22:08:04Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The inauguration of former opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, as Zambia’s new president is an opportunity to [...] Full text...
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AU chairperson calls for 'constructive dialogue' in Eswatini
02 july 2021 - 11:45:47Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called for "constructive [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says at least seven Eswatini protesters critically injured
30 june 2021 - 12:12:04Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - With pro-democracy protests intensifying in Eswatini, human rights advocate Amnesty International has said seven people [...] Full text...
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UN member-states condemn Egypt’s human rights abuses
15 march 2021 - 07:20:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world have expressed their strong support for a joint declaration [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Corruption kills people worldwide – Transparency International
30 january 2021 - 13:55:15Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - COVID-19 is not just a health and economic crisis, but also a corruption crisis [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams DR Congo gov't for repression, crack down on media, dissent
28 january 2021 - 07:08:52Kinshasa. DR Congo (PANA) – A human rights watchdog has accused the government of DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s of [...] Full text...
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Freedom of speech and expression are cornerstone rights of Americans- Ambassador Paschall
08 january 2021 - 20:36:32Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - American Ambassador to The Gambia Carl Paschall said here Friday that freedom of speech and expression [...] Full text...
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End arrests of political opponents in Uganda: UN independent rights experts
30 december 2020 - 06:56:56Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A group of independent UN human rights experts has called on the Ugandan authorities to end [...] Full text...
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South Africa salutes Conde after election victory
17 december 2020 - 06:44:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has congratulated newly elected Guinea President Alpha Conde following his election victory. The [...] Full text...
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The many sides of J.J. Rawlings: A tribute (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
16 november 2020 - 08:46:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Not even his harshest critics would begrudge Flt. Lt. John Jerry Rawlings, the late Ghanaian President, [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian action against free speech, pre-election crackdown attracts criticism
12 october 2020 - 22:03:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Democratic space in Tanzania continues to narrow as the government applies laws to stifle freedom of [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe anger grows over detention of one of three female opposition members sexually assaulted in May
26 september 2020 - 00:12:38Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Civil society groups, women’s rights organizations, opposition parties, and diplomats Friday expressed their anger over the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe MDC Alliance opposition official Job Sikhala released from jail
23 september 2020 - 13:30:47Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala finally left prison Wednesday after his bail of ZWL50,000 [...] Full text...
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Freed MDC Alliance official, Job Sikhala, to spend Tuesday night in jail
22 september 2020 - 17:57:08Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Freed Zengeza West Member of Parliament, Job Sikhala, who was granted bail of ZWL50,000 (US$610) by [...] Full text...
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SADC leaders urged to fix deteriorating human rights situation
15 august 2020 - 05:38:34Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) prepare to meet on Monday to [...] Full text...
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South African lawyers express alarm over Zimbabwean crisis
13 august 2020 - 12:06:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Johannesburg Society of Advocates (JSA), a body of lawyers, has expressed its disapproval [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's planned demos turn to nationwide stay away due to increased armed security forces
31 july 2020 - 20:56:09Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s planned nationwide protests against the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government turned into a stay away due [...] Full text...
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French President Emmanuel Macron attends G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott
30 june 2020 - 13:15:30Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian capital Nouakchott is hosting a G5 Sahel heads of state summit on Tuesday, attended by [...] Full text...
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UN rights experts call on Zimbabwe Govt to end abductions
11 june 2020 - 06:19:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday called on the Zimbabwe government to immediately end a [...] Full text...
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Attacks on civilians, arbitrary arrests, top list of abuses in Libya, says ICC Prosecutor
06 may 2020 - 05:34:48New York, US (PANA) - Unabated violence, particularly in and around the Libyan capital, has now been raging for more [...] Full text...
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US sanctions Zimbabwe State Security minister, the country's envoy to Tanzania
11 march 2020 - 19:31:08Washington DC, US (PANA) - The United States government has widened its sanctions on Zimbabwe State Security minister, Owen Ncube, [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for restoration of internet, phone services in Ethiopia's Oromia region
09 march 2020 - 06:34:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch, a human rights watchdog, has asked the Ethiopian government to immediately lift the shutdown of [...] Full text...
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ZImbabwe President Mnangagwa calls on his party to implement 2018 election promises
04 march 2020 - 16:06:19Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered government and the ruling ZANU PF party departments to implement [...] Full text...
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Gambian victims call for immediate arrest and prosecution of ex-President Jammeh
25 january 2020 - 16:51:42Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian victims under the 22-year rule of ex-President Yahya Jammeh have called on The Gambian government [...] Full text...
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US Treasury sanctions yet another senior South Sudan official
08 january 2020 - 18:54:38Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The American administration on Wednesday picked up yet another senior South Sudanese leader to sanction him [...] Full text...
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Angola: Rights body decries violent disperse of pro-independence protesters in Cabinda
10 december 2019 - 17:37:46Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned Angola's security forces violent response to a peaceful pro-independence march in [...] Full text...
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Gambia: UN rights expert calls for victims-centered approach to transitional justice
27 november 2019 - 22:31:48Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A UN human rights expert Wednesday urged the Gambian authorizes to put victims at the centre [...] Full text...
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Rights group says four European dev't banks linked to palm oil abuses in DRC
25 november 2019 - 11:32:06London, UK (PANA) – Four European development banks are financing a palm oil company in the Democratic Republic of Coengo (DRC) that [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International raises appalling human rights 'red flags' ahead of presidential election
13 november 2019 - 09:25:11Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Amnesty International said in a new report on Wednesday that the Guinean authorities must address mounting [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe becoming more repressive state - Report
12 november 2019 - 00:00:30Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe is slowly becoming a more repressive state with an increase in government clampdowns that resulted [...] Full text...
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Egypt urged to end crackdown on protesters, human rights defenders
29 october 2019 - 07:19:04Geneva Switzerland (PANA) – UN human rights experts have called on Egypt to protect people's rights to freedom of expression, [...] Full text...
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Rights groups call for repeal of repressive laws in Tanzania
28 october 2019 - 10:11:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Two rights groups on Monday slammed Tanzania for repression of the media, human rights defenders, and [...] Full text...
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IHRDA & RFK Human express concern over attacks on civic rights in Africa
25 october 2019 - 21:35:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and the Robert F. Kennedy Human [...] Full text...
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Marches authorized in Guinea after one year of ban
24 october 2019 - 22:54:30Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Despite nearly a year after street demonstrations were banned in Guinea by the government, thousands of [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International lashes out at Guinea for using lethal force against demonstrators
15 october 2019 - 06:25:12Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has lashed out at the Guinea authorities for using "lethal force" [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe peace projects record 67 abductions in August
10 october 2019 - 21:36:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) said here Thursday a total of 67 abductions were recorded in the [...] Full text...
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UN rights experts call for action by states, social media firms to curb hate speech
23 september 2019 - 15:54:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty independent UN experts on Monday joined together to publish an open letter calling on States [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International calls for release of 28 Eritreans arrested 18 years ago
17 september 2019 - 07:22:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the Eritrean government to release the 11 politicians and 17 [...] Full text...
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AI gives damning report on Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa's first year in office
27 august 2019 - 07:19:06Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - As President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, marked his first year in office on Monday, human rights [...] Full text...
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Rights bodies, Western envoys concerned about abductions of Zimbabwe civil, opposition leaders
16 august 2019 - 10:08:12Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Western Nations, local and international human rights organisations have expressed concern over increased reports concerning the [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch slams detention of Nigerian pro-democracy activist
08 august 2019 - 06:32:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A human rights watchdog says the detention of a Nigerian pro-democracy activist on Sunday may well signify [...] Full text...
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Fresh details emerge from Zimbabwe’s FM being accosted by protesters in UK
13 july 2019 - 15:30:55Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), United Kingdom (UK) branch, blames members [...] Full text...
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Libyan Presidential Council denounces Haftar's threats against Turkish ships, interests
30 june 2019 - 18:48:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya has denounced threats of [...] Full text...
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Liberia’s journalists union unhappy with blockage of internet during protest
10 june 2019 - 23:52:13Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The Press Union of Liberia Monday expressed shock at the government’s decision to block internet platforms [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch slams Cameroon for denying its researcher entry
02 may 2019 - 05:23:11Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - A human rights watchdog has slammed the Cameroonian government for denying one of its researchers entry [...] Full text...
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Zimbabweans still fighting for Independence, 39 years on: MDC Alliance
19 april 2019 - 14:00:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the MDC Alliance, says Zimbabweans are still fighting for social, economic and [...] Full text...
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Arab League Summit: Rights group urges leaders to end 'widespread repression'
31 march 2019 - 10:46:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - As 22 Arab leaders begin their Summit in the Tunisian capital on Sunday, human rights watchdog [...] Full text...
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Egyptian activists, govt critics hit by wave of digital attacks, says rights group
06 march 2019 - 10:47:49Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, says its investigation has revealed that dozens of Egyptian human rights defenders have [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International criticises rights violations in Cote d'Ivoire
11 february 2019 - 18:29:39Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Human fights group Amnesty International has asked the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire to end arbitrary [...] Full text...
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Rights body condemns brutal crackdown on Zimbabwean protesters
08 february 2019 - 16:48:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International documents has again spelled out how the Zimbabwean authorities have mounted a brutal crackdown [...] Full text...
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Rights body condemns violent crackdown on peaceful Cameroonian demonstrators
29 january 2019 - 12:21:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Cameroonian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release protesters detained simply for exercising their right to peaceful [...] Full text...
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DRC ‘calm but tense’ as country awaits presidential election result
04 january 2019 - 18:53:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The post-election environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “calm but tense” as [...] Full text...
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UN experts condemn “systematic targeting” of human rights defenders in Egypt
28 september 2018 - 18:31:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights experts have urged Egyptian authorities to ensure all detained human rights defenders [...] Full text...
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Rights group says talks on migration should take into account violations of rights in Egypt
21 september 2018 - 06:55:14Athens, Greece (PANA) - The European human rights group, EuroMed Rights, has expressed its extreme concerns about the outcome of [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Egypt under president al-Sisi is an 'open-air prison'
20 september 2018 - 06:22:37Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The crackdown on freedom of expression under Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi has reached alarming new levels [...] Full text...
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Rights group decries arrests of journalists, opposition members
16 august 2018 - 07:15:42Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the authorities in Mauritania to immediately put an end to the wave [...] Full text...
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UN rights experts urge Egypt to release jailed poet who penned hit protest song
27 july 2018 - 06:16:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Galal El Behairy has been held in detention since February after penning a song critical of [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Chadians forced to pay heavy price for harsh austerity measures
16 july 2018 - 06:46:17N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International on Monday published a report that criticises the Chadian authorities for [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Equatorial Guinea amnesty should be catalyst for human rights change
05 july 2018 - 15:34:00Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, said on Thursday that the announcement of amnesty to all [...] Full text...
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UN Secretary General to visit DR Congo
05 july 2018 - 12:01:23Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres is to visit Democratic Republic of Congo in the near [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Uganda for social media tax
02 july 2018 - 18:29:48Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - An international human rights watchdog on Monday slammed Uganda for introducing social media tax saying it [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog deplores fresh crackdown on dissent in Angola
30 may 2018 - 10:49:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A protester is in critical condition in hospital after being attacked by police dogs on 27 [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for fair trial for former Rwandan presidential hopeful Rwigara
23 may 2018 - 05:54:01Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has called for fair trial for former Rwandan presidential hopeful Diane [...] Full text...
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Rights group says run-up to Burundi's referendum 'tainted by violence'
17 may 2018 - 06:57:12Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As the polls open on Thursday in a constitutional referendum in Burundi that could extend the [...] Full text...
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Rights body demands release of Zambian social activist
16 may 2018 - 16:32:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The arrest of musician and activist Fumba Chama, also known as ‘Pilato’, is a shocking demonstration of [...] Full text...
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Zambian gov't urged to release doctor jailed for 'insulting the president'
10 may 2018 - 05:29:27Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr Kwalela Kafunya, a medical [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Egypt for indefinite solitary confinement of prisoners
07 may 2018 - 07:17:21Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International said on Monday that its new research reveals that prisoners detained [...] Full text...
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President Barrow thanks Commonwealth for readmitting Gambia
20 april 2018 - 12:44:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has thanked the Commonwealth for re-admitting his country into the fold of [...] Full text...
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UN report finds 47 protestors killed, freedom of assembly curtailed in DRC
21 march 2018 - 22:50:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The security services and defence forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) killed at [...] Full text...
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UN report finds unlawful, unjustified use of force against DRC protestors
20 march 2018 - 10:41:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The right to freedom of peaceful assembly was severely restricted and often violently suppressed in the [...] Full text...
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UN report reproves disproportionate use of force against protestors in DRC
19 march 2018 - 16:31:04Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The right to freedom of peaceful assembly was severely restricted and often violently suppressed in [...] Full text...
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New UN report cites rights violations in South Sudan
23 february 2018 - 06:51:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Undue restrictions on freedom of expression are having a “chilling effect” and “further shrinking the space [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia worst performing regions in corruption
22 february 2018 - 11:18:40Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Anti-corruption organisation Transparency International (TI) has released its report covering 2017 which indicates that the worst [...] Full text...
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'Sudan prisoner release left many activists behind' - HRW
22 february 2018 - 07:30:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Dozens of prominent activists remain in detention in Sudan, despite the release of more than 50 [...] Full text...
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Global rights body reports increased repression of peaceful dissent in Southern Africa
18 january 2018 - 18:02:05Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Southern African governments clamped down on vocal journalists, activists, and opposition politicians in 2017, Human [...] Full text...
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HRW says Ethiopia's decision to release political prisoners 'an important step' but ...
04 january 2018 - 10:09:55Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A human tights watchdog says Wednesday's announcement of Ethiopia’s ruling coalition to release political prisoners [...] Full text...
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Rights group welcomes closure of Ethiopia's 'torture chamber'
04 january 2018 - 06:52:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International has welcomed Wednesday's announcement by Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief urges DRC authorities to allow peaceful expression of dissent at protests
15 november 2017 - 22:39:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday called on the authorities in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Campaign launched to bring exiled Gambian leader Jammeh to justice
22 october 2017 - 15:46:43Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Victims of the government of Gambia's exiled President Yahya Jammeh have started a campaign to bring [...] Full text...
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Lungu urged to uphold human rights for all
17 october 2017 - 14:00:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International Secretary General, Salil Shetty, has urged Zambian President Edgar Lungu to uphold human rights [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Stop crackdown on presidential age limit supporters, rights body tells Uganda
22 september 2017 - 14:52:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Ugandan authorities must end their absurd attempts to silence people opposed to scrapping the presidential [...] Full text...
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US: Cameroon uses anti-terror law to silence critical press, says CPJ
20 september 2017 - 12:33:55New York, US (PANA) - Cameroon’s broadly worded anti-terror law is being used by authorities to arrest and threaten local [...] Full text...
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Gambia: CPJ to release report on threats to journalists in Cameroon
16 september 2017 - 10:22:01Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will release its report titled, "Journalists Not Terrorists: In Cameroon, [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Amnesty decries Chad's use of repressive laws on rights activists
14 september 2017 - 09:54:00Banjul, Gambia (PANA ) - Human rights defenders, citizens’ movements, unionists and journalists critical of the Chadian government are facing [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Rights group warns arms trade regulation being ignored
11 september 2017 - 06:53:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than four years after the United Nations (UN) voted to adopt a landmark treaty to [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Rights group condemns shooting of outspoken Tanzanian opposition politician
07 september 2017 - 19:42:51Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has condemned the "cowardly" shooting of an outspoken Tanzanian government critic [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Amnesty urges S. Africa to reassert human rights in SADC
18 august 2017 - 09:37:19Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - As South Africa hosts the 37th Heads of State Summit of the Southern African Development [...] Full text...
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2017 FIFA Confed. Cup: Referees ordered to add time taken for goal celebrations to stoppage-time
16 june 2017 - 12:24:38Sr. Petersburg, Russia (PANA) - FIFA has ordered referees to add the time taken for goal celebrations to stoppage-time at [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: FIFA tell referees to abandon matches in the face of discrimination from fans
15 june 2017 - 06:08:39Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Referees will have the power to abandon matches in the face of discrimination from the stands [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UN human rights chief urges repeal of repressive NGO law in Egypt
01 june 2017 - 16:59:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday said the issuance [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Ethiopian journalist guilty verdict an affront to justice - Amnesty International
24 may 2017 - 18:06:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International Regional Director for East Africa Muthoni Wanyeki on Wednesday dismissed as groundless reports that [...] Full text...
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Italy: Anti-racism campaigner wants black players to boycott Serie A matches over Sulley Muntari ban
04 may 2017 - 04:12:31Rome, Italy (PANA) - A major campaigner against racial abuse in sports, Garth Crooks, has called for all "self-respecting black [...] Full text...
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Equatorial Guinea: Rights groups call for release of human rights defenders
21 april 2017 - 10:44:59Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - The Equatorial Guinean authorities should immediately release two men who head the country’s leading human [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Zimbabwe authorities slammed for intimidating civil rights activist
20 april 2017 - 11:54:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The continued persecution of human rights activist Pastor Evan Mawarire is a deliberate ploy by the [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Successful parliamentary polls have opened up political space in Gambia - AU
08 april 2017 - 18:29:54Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Terry Tselance, the Vice Chairperson of the independent electoral commission (IEC) of South Africa, has [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Rights group slams Egypt for using punitive probation measures to harass activists
06 march 2017 - 07:34:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International on Monday slammed the Egyptian authorities for increasingly using arbitrary and [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Human Rights Violations rising in East Africa, says report
22 february 2017 - 13:30:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - With politics of demonization taking hold across the globe in 2016, East Africa, the Horn and [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Rights group tells Adama Barrow not to forget his 'big promises'
19 january 2017 - 15:38:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, is asking Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow, who is due to be [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Rights groups say state of emergency no licence for repression
18 january 2017 - 20:28:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Two human rights groups have warned that outgoing President Yahya Jammeh’s declared state of emergency in [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: UN cautions on heavy-handed, irresponsible response to protests in DRC
23 december 2016 - 18:11:44New York, US (PANA) - Amid reports that dozens of people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
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UN: Outgoing UN chief warns on looming genocide in South Sudan
17 december 2016 - 00:28:31New York, US (PANA) - Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on UN Security Council, regional organizations and the [...] Full text...
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Senegal: US urges Gambian military to withdraw from electoral commission office
14 december 2016 - 18:31:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The United States on Wednesday strongly urge Gambian security forces that entered the headquarters of the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Rights group accuses Ethiopian gov't of blocking websites during protests
14 december 2016 - 10:35:57Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Amnesty International has accused the Ethiopian government of "systematically and illegally" blocking access to social [...] Full text...
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Sudan: EU, US express concern about political detentions, censorship
07 december 2016 - 14:14:00Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Troika on Sudan and European Union on Wednesday expressed concern about what they described as [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Opposition Coalition candidate says his candidature is a symbol of national unity
25 november 2016 - 15:59:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Adama Barrow, the presidential candidate of the seven-party opposition coalition, in Gambia's 1 December polls, has [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Rights group says crackdown threatens Gambia's presidential election
02 november 2016 - 09:32:31Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government’s repression of the political opposition in the months prior to the 1 December [...] Full text...
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US: UN experts concerned about situation of jailed Mauritanian anti-slavery activists
20 october 2016 - 09:55:05New York, US (PANA) - Voicing serious concern over recent intensified crackdown by the Mauritanian Government on the imprisoned anti-slavery [...] Full text...
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US: UN experts urge Ethiopia to allow international panel to probe violence
11 october 2016 - 05:34:05New York, US (PANA) - Urging Ethiopian authorities to end their violent crackdown on peaceful protests, which has reportedly led [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Rights group raises alarm on 'chilling crackdown' in DR Congo
15 september 2016 - 06:32:40Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International says the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR [...] Full text...
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US: Amnesty International tasks govts on arms treaty implementation
22 august 2016 - 06:56:28New York, US (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), on Monday urged governments to ensure that the global [...] Full text...
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UN: UN rights chief warns on threats to free speech, public assembly in DRC
22 july 2016 - 05:48:58New York, US (PANA) - Concluding a four-day mission to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN High Commissioner [...] Full text...
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US: US asks Egypt to investigate allegations of torture, forced disappearances
15 july 2016 - 08:15:42Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has described allegations by human rights group, Amnesty International, of torture and forced [...] Full text...
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Egypt: Rights group condemns Egypt for 'wave of brutal repression'
13 july 2016 - 10:23:31Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA) is abducting, torturing and forcibly making people disappear in an effort [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Rights body urges AU to ramp up women, human rights
12 july 2016 - 13:55:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As a renewal of violence in South Sudan threatens to plunge the country back into full-scale [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Amnesty International blasts Ethiopia for human rights violations
04 june 2016 - 09:30:58Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Amnesty International, a human rights watchdog, has blasted the Ethiopian authorities for human rights violations [...] Full text...
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US: US slams Gambia for human rights abuses
02 june 2016 - 08:42:22Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has slammed the government of the West African state of Gambia for its [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Amnesty Int'l urges Gambia to stop 'brutal repression'
02 june 2016 - 05:19:15Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The authorities in Gambia must free dozens of political prisoners and end the brutal crackdown on [...] Full text...
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Senegal: AI urges ECOWAS to suspend Gambia for 'abysmal' rights record
01 june 2016 - 08:59:29Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), is calling on the Economic Community of West African [...] Full text...
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Egypt: Rights group condemns arrest of key Egyptian journalists
30 may 2016 - 12:01:44Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned Monday's arrest of the head of the Egyptian Press Syndicate and two [...] Full text...
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Egypt: Rights group asks EU to halt arms transfers to Egypt
25 may 2016 - 07:57:07Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Almost half of European Union (EU) member states have flouted an EU-wide suspension on arms transfers [...] Full text...
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Algeria: Amnesty International says repression 'on the rise' in Algeria
18 may 2016 - 17:25:31Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International says repression is "on the rise" in Algeria and asked the [...] Full text...
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UN: UN experts report worsening crackdown on protesters in Egypt
09 may 2016 - 15:29:02New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights experts on Monday urged the Egyptian government to put an end to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Rights group calls for release of Ethiopian opposition politician held for Facebook posts
06 may 2016 - 18:06:26Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent opposition politician facing a possible [...] Full text...
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Togo: 'Human rights situation in Togo has stagnated'
05 may 2016 - 07:13:22Lome, Togo (PANA) - The human rights situation in the West African state of Togo has stagnated and the authorities [...] Full text...
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UN: UN official says South Sudan security situation remains 'extremely fragile'
26 april 2016 - 19:20:25New York, US (PANA) - The security situation in South Sudan remains precarious, with intermittent fighting witnessed in several areas of [...] Full text...
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UN: Amnesty Int'l tasks UN on human rights in Western Sahara refugee camps
26 april 2016 - 16:01:02New York, US (PANA) - International human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, said human rights monitoring by the UN must be [...] Full text...
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Egypt: Rights group reports of mass arrests in Egypt to block peaceful protest
26 april 2016 - 10:56:59Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Security forces arbitrarily arrested hundreds of people in response to planned protests in Egypt on Monday, [...] Full text...
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Senegal: AI says Mauritania must quash death sentence against blogger
20 april 2016 - 17:57:29Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Mauritania must quash the death sentence handed down to a blogger for apostasy and release [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Investigate death in custody, free protesters - Rights groups demand
19 april 2016 - 08:01:14Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The suspicious death in custody of opposition political leader Solo Sandeng and the arrest of his [...] Full text...
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Chad: Déby set to win Sunday presidential election in Chad (Preview by Anaclet Rwegayura, PANA Editor)
08 april 2016 - 15:21:25Ndjamena, Chad (PANA) - Voters in Chad go to the polls on 10 April with none of the opposition candidates [...] Full text...
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Congo: Human rights groups demand end of opposition arrests in Congo
31 march 2016 - 17:17:14Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (PANA) - Human rights groups are calling on the authorities in the Republic of Congo to [...] Full text...
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UN: UN report details widespread human rights abuses in Libya
25 february 2016 - 17:18:05New York, US (PANA) - A United Nations report published Thursday has documented widespread human rights violations and abuses committed [...] Full text...
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US: US expresses worry over detention of DRC activists, opposition leaders
19 february 2016 - 10:16:16Washington, US (PANA) - The United States says it is troubled by the harassment and detention of peaceful activists and [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Rights group calls for immediate release of Congolese opposition leader
01 february 2016 - 20:20:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) on Monday asked the authorities in Congo-Brazzaville to immediately and unconditionally release an [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Politics dominates Ghana media
21 november 2015 - 08:57:44Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Politics dominated the media in Ghana this week, with developments in the two major parties, the [...] Full text...
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US: US Commission on Int'l Religious Freedom condemns jailing of Ethiopian Muslim leaders
06 august 2015 - 20:15:36New York, US (PANA) - The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Thursday strongly decried the convictions and [...] Full text...
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Senegal: AI wants Gambia to release all detainees held for expressing dissent
27 july 2015 - 15:27:39Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Amnesty International (AI) has welcomed the release of over 200 prisoners in the Gambia but quickly [...] Full text...
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Senegal: AI says sharp deterioration of human rights in Gambia
22 july 2015 - 15:41:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Amnesty International (AI) Wednesday warned that the human rights situation in Gambia has deteriorated sharply during [...] Full text...
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UN: New UN report highlights human rights violations in Eritrea
08 june 2015 - 19:07:01New York, US (PANA) - A new UN report on Monday said the human rights situation in Eritrea has degenerated [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone: 'Ebola regulations must not be used to curtail freedom of expression'
04 may 2015 - 12:33:20Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone should stop using emergency regulations brought in to combat Ebola as a pretext [...] Full text...
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UN: UN rights commissioner expresses concern about Burundi situation
01 may 2015 - 22:03:11New York, US (PANA) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), has expressed its deep [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Decides 2015: Pres. Jonathan assures apprehensive citizens of peaceful polls
27 march 2015 - 09:16:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday assured his compatriots of peaceful presidential and national legislative elections [...] Full text...
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UN: World must never relent until gender equality becomes reality, say delegates
10 march 2015 - 19:22:13New York, US (PANA) - As the UN Commission on the Status of Women opened its 59th session at UN [...] Full text...
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UN: Africa, Asia most dangerous regions for parliamentarians
08 december 2014 - 19:45:30New York, US (PANA) - Africa and Asia are the most dangerous regions in the world to be a member [...] Full text...
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UN: UN rights expert calls for global response to Mediterranean migrant crisis
05 december 2014 - 20:45:04New York, US (PANA) - The rise of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the Mediterranean Sea in the last [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Arrested social activist freed, others remain in jail
17 november 2014 - 11:05:08Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Social activist Sait Matty Jaw, who was arrested and detained along with two foreigners by Gambia's [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Social activist arrested
12 november 2014 - 12:17:25Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A social activist, Sait Matty Jaw, has been arrested and detained by Gambia's National Intelligence Agency [...] Full text...
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Gambia: UN monitors denied prison access, condemn ‘consistent practice’ of torture
08 november 2014 - 08:17:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The London-based rights body, Amnesty International (AI), has said that Gambia has again demonstrated its [...] Full text...
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Kenya:Rights body raises red flag on Gambia
29 october 2014 - 09:01:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Gambian authorities must heed a warning from the international community about the deteriorating human rights [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Bring unlawful killers, torturers in Sudan to justice, Amnesty tells Sudan
03 september 2014 - 10:49:41Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The brutal suppression of protests in Sudan must end, and members of the security forces responsible [...] Full text...
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UN: Ban says enforced disappearances cannot be tolerated in 21st century
30 august 2014 - 19:22:19New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed that the enforced disappearance of individuals by States constitutes [...] Full text...
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