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Leadership of women crucial to UN’s reinvention at 80, says former Assembly President
08 september 2025 - 21:17:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since the creation of the United Nations 80 years ago, only four women have served as [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law
08 september 2025 - 13:15:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
07 september 2025 - 05:33:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
06 september 2025 - 17:16:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...
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UN rights office worried over escalation in Gaza City, annexation plans for West Bank
05 september 2025 - 07:56:51Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A senior official from the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Thursday he was [...] Full text...
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‘Reparatory justice’ key to ending racism against Africans and their descendants
04 september 2025 - 07:23:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: UN denounces restrictions on civic space ahead of presidential election
03 september 2025 - 08:50:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief on Tuesday denounced restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon [...] Full text...
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UN mission warns alarming levels of enforced disappearances in Libya threaten national reconciliation
31 august 2025 - 15:19:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of UN Secretary General in Libya, Ms. Hanna Tetteh, on Saurday expressed alarm [...] Full text...
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‘Our livelihoods have been cut off,’ say West Bank farmers ahead of olive harvest (By UN News)
31 august 2025 - 07:35:22Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In the occupied West Bank village of Kufr Qaddum, Yousef (not his real name) stands [...] Full text...
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Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office
26 august 2025 - 15:31:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of five more Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces – bringing the total [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN rights office horrified by recent killings in El Fasher
23 august 2025 - 07:29:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent brutal attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have left at least [...] Full text...
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Amid massive destruction of Gaza City, UN chief renews ceasefire call
22 august 2025 - 05:51:37New York, US (PANA) - With intensifying Israeli activity in and around Gaza City reportedly continuing on Thursday, UN chief [...] Full text...
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Food for Gaza piled up in warehouses risks spoiling without Israel's green light
21 august 2025 - 07:04:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Israel's neighbouring countries, thousands of tons of food aid destined for Gaza are piling up [...] Full text...
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Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office
20 august 2025 - 19:34:07Geneva, Switzerland 9PANA) - In recent days, the Israeli military has escalated attacks across Gaza City, reportedly deciding to take [...] Full text...
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Rights office urges Uganda to release opposition leaders on bail
14 august 2025 - 05:36:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Wednesday expressed serious concern at repeated denials of bail [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UNESCO condemns ‘unacceptable’ killing of journalists
12 august 2025 - 20:07:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN organization which champions culture and education, UNESCO, has strongly condemned the targeted killing of [...] Full text...
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Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence
12 august 2025 - 15:35:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric [...] Full text...
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Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges
11 august 2025 - 15:40:38Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing [...] Full text...
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DRC, Rwanda meet on implementation of Washington peace agreement
09 august 2025 - 14:23:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first Joint Security Coordination Mechanism meeting for the implementation of the Peace Agreement between [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief slams Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza; says it must stop now
08 august 2025 - 13:00:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
07 august 2025 - 05:15:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed while seeking food, as UN warns airdrops are no solution
01 august 2025 - 16:55:10Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Despite Israel’s 27 July announcement of daily military pauses in western Gaza “to improve humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Angola protests: UN urges restraint, investigations into deaths
01 august 2025 - 05:17:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - What began as protests against fuel price hikes in Angola have escalated into deadly unrest across [...] Full text...
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Russian attack on Ukrainian prison kills 16: UN rights monitors
29 july 2025 - 21:05:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An attack on a prison in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine on Monday reportedly left [...] Full text...
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UN warns of escalating human toll in Ukraine amid relentless aerial attacks, mounting aid shortfall
26 july 2025 - 16:12:06New York, US (PANA) - Russian aerial attacks continue to intensify across Ukraine, exacting a rising toll on civilians and [...] Full text...
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Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to return
24 july 2025 - 19:00:37New York, US (PANA) - Afghans returning to their country face “serious violations” of their human rights committed by the [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
22 july 2025 - 18:42:40Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from [...] Full text...
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From crisis to classroom: How the UN supports education in conflict zones
17 july 2025 - 16:20:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From makeshift furniture in Gaza to metro classrooms in Ukraine and solar-powered tablets in Sudan, the [...] Full text...
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We need to value women in sport, UN rights chief says
17 july 2025 - 15:16:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the midst of the Women’s Euro football championship in Switzerland, Volker Türk, the UN human [...] Full text...
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Gaza: 875 people confirmed dead trying to source food in recent weeks
16 july 2025 - 05:48:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 900 desperate and hungry Gazans have been killed in recent weeks trying to fetch food, with [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Civilians under fire in record numbers as attacks surge
15 july 2025 - 16:09:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Relentless missile and drone strikes by Russian forces have killed and injured hundreds of civilians in [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Kenya demonstrations rises to 31
09 july 2025 - 11:56:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The death toll in Monday's anti-government demonstrations in Kenya has risen to 31, according to the [...] Full text...
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Forced transfer of Gaza population not acceptable, UN says
09 july 2025 - 09:47:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war continues to rage in the Gaza Strip, pending a hypothetical ceasefire, the UN [...] Full text...
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UN rights office urges restraint in Kenya as fresh protests turn deadly
08 july 2025 - 20:55:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed deep concern over the killing of at least [...] Full text...
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Human rights can be a ‘strong lever for progress’ in climate change, says UN rights chief
30 june 2025 - 18:15:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human [...] Full text...
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UN calls for restraint after deadly Kenya protests
27 june 2025 - 05:29:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN is calling for restraint after deadly protests in Kenya on Wednesday in which between [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Over 400 Palestinians killed around private aid hubs, UN rights office says
25 june 2025 - 05:58:03Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch [...] Full text...
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For too long, ‘unbound horrors’ have unfolded in Sudan - says UN rights chief
21 june 2025 - 05:38:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hostilities continue to escalate across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, with reports of civilian casualties, sexual violence, [...] Full text...
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UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution sites
19 june 2025 - 05:52:35Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As the pall of starvation hangs over Gaza, UN agencies have sounded the alarm over [...] Full text...
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‘Behind each crisis, people are suffering,’ Türk tells Human Rights Council
17 june 2025 - 07:47:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and [...] Full text...
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DRC: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say
17 june 2025 - 07:22:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rwandan-backed rebels, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) troops, and allied militias have all committed human [...] Full text...
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‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves
04 june 2025 - 18:49:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya, UN News [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
03 june 2025 - 12:46:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed [...] Full text...
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Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
30 may 2025 - 21:22:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained [...] Full text...
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Desperate hunger drives crowd to storm UN food warehouse in Gaza
30 may 2025 - 06:56:06Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Desperate hunger drove crowds of people to overrun a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in [...] Full text...
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UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food
28 may 2025 - 11:59:49Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting
23 may 2025 - 17:22:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week
23 may 2025 - 05:25:59Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters [...] Full text...
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Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert
20 may 2025 - 04:53:14Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Repeated drone strikes over the past two weeks in Port Sudan have damaged key infrastructure [...] Full text...
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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
16 may 2025 - 20:23:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...
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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
16 may 2025 - 20:20:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...
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US deportations raise serious human rights concerns
13 may 2025 - 19:05:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has voiced concern over the recent deportation of [...] Full text...
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UN aviation council finds Russia responsible for downing of Malaysia Airlines flight
13 may 2025 - 16:48:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN body has found that Russia was responsible for the 17 July 2014 downing of [...] Full text...
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UNRWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem
10 may 2025 - 06:32:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security [...] Full text...
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URNWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem
08 may 2025 - 19:53:43Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli [...] Full text...
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Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese
07 may 2025 - 07:23:22Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Aid teams in South Sudan warned on Tuesday that repeated attacks on healthcare including the [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation
04 may 2025 - 12:42:10Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation
02 may 2025 - 17:44:37Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people [...] Full text...
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WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza
25 april 2025 - 18:04:52New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief
17 april 2025 - 16:41:18Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 [...] Full text...
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Gaza-UN condemns Israeli plan for buffer zone
11 april 2025 - 15:40:1811 April 2025 Peace and SecurityGeneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that [...] Full text...
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Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn
11 april 2025 - 14:55:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians [...] Full text...
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UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
04 april 2025 - 20:33:37New York, US (PANA) - Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, [...] Full text...
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Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief
03 april 2025 - 09:16:56New York, US (PANA) - 2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 [...] Full text...
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Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave
02 april 2025 - 08:32:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Surging violence as armed groups target civilians in the east, Human Rights Council hears
02 april 2025 - 08:15:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market
26 march 2025 - 19:21:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has again called for greater protection of civilians in [...] Full text...
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Local UN staff ‘particularly vulnerable’ to detention, as UN calls for their release
25 march 2025 - 05:49:19New York, US (PANA) - Staff members of the United Nations around the world who are recruited locally are “particularly [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Armed Forces announce major victory over paramilitary RSF in Khartoum
21 march 2025 - 09:39:04Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday announced a major victory over the rival paramilitary [...] Full text...
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UN’s ‘founding mothers’ remind all people to stand up for human rights
21 march 2025 - 08:31:25New York, US (PANA) - Silence is not an option in the fight for human rights – that was the [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Civilians targeted as hostilities intensify in the capital
21 march 2025 - 08:12:52Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of civilians, including local humanitarian volunteers, have been killed by artillery shelling and aerial bombardment [...] Full text...
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UN report reveals brutal attacks targeting Muslims, refugees in Central African Republic
05 march 2025 - 20:44:25New York, US (PANA) - A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations [...] Full text...
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Human rights apply to arms transfers, says UN
05 march 2025 - 07:33:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the number of violent conflicts reaches “the highest level since World War II,” arms transfers [...] Full text...
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UN deplores continuation of indefinite military service in Eritrea
28 february 2025 - 06:22:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eritrea continues to subject its citizens to indefinite military service, in violation of international human rights [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza
27 february 2025 - 21:24:29New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent, [...] Full text...
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Conflict has turned parts of Sudan ‘into a hellscape,’ Security Council hears
26 february 2025 - 19:20:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior UN aid official has called on the Security Council to ensure better protection for [...] Full text...
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World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists
24 february 2025 - 12:02:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the [...] Full text...
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Thousands of people flee from eastern DR Congo into Burundi.
21 february 2025 - 06:30:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people [...] Full text...
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DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency
20 february 2025 - 18:15:56Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands [...] Full text...
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What is social justice and how is the UN helping make it a reality?
20 february 2025 - 15:54:19New York, US (PANA) - In recent years, the term "social justice" has become a significant part of public discourse, [...] Full text...
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DRC: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters
18 february 2025 - 16:29:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious [...] Full text...
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UN rights office warns of ‘dangerous tipping point’ as abuses surge in Sudan
18 february 2025 - 15:43:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday sounded the alarm over escalating rights abuses in [...] Full text...
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UN rights office condemns continuing Israeli military operation in West Bank
15 february 2025 - 05:41:31Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in [...] Full text...
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Airing climate justice in Costa Rica on World Radio Day
13 february 2025 - 17:04:36Paris, France (PANA) - Quality radio remains ever universal, popular and more reliable in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) [...] Full text...
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Civilian death toll triples in one week in Sudan amid escalating hostilities
07 february 2025 - 22:06:06Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The civilian death toll in Sudan has surged dramatically, with at least 275 people killed [...] Full text...
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Rights panel demands immediate release of Tunisian activist on hunger strike
06 february 2025 - 05:07:04Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Top independent rights experts reiterated their call to the Tunisian authorities on Wednesday to release an [...] Full text...
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What the UN is doing in DR Congo
05 february 2025 - 19:48:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The current phase of fighting erupted in late January in the mineral-rich eastern region of the [...] Full text...
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Gender parity remains distant goal: Rights experts
04 february 2025 - 07:56:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Approximately one in three women is subjected to physical or sexual violence, and 800 women and [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns reported executions in Sudan as starvation risks rise
04 february 2025 - 07:41:51New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General expressed deep alarm on Monday over reports of summary executions of civilians [...] Full text...
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Summary executions, sexual violence reported in eastern DRC war
01 february 2025 - 05:59:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the humanitarian situation "rapidly deteriorates" in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ by summary executions, attacks
31 january 2025 - 22:12:47Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced deep alarm over reports [...] Full text...
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UN agencies warn of worsening humanitarian and rights situation in eastern DR Congo
31 january 2025 - 20:33:28New York, US (PANA) - United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief launches $500 million global appeal
31 january 2025 - 05:26:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Thursday launched an appeal for $500 million to fund [...] Full text...
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UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in West Bank
26 january 2025 - 05:16:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the Jenin [...] Full text...
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DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack
24 january 2025 - 21:44:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have [...] Full text...
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UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in occupied West Bank
24 january 2025 - 19:48:06Geneva, Switzerland( PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the [...] Full text...
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Civilians in peril ahead of ‘likely imminent attack’ by Sudan's RSF militia
23 january 2025 - 04:59:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN rights office, OHCHR, expressed deep concern on Wednesday over a likely offensive against the [...] Full text...
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Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise - UN rights chief
18 january 2025 - 05:30:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan is taking an “even more dangerous turn for civilians”, UN High Commissioner [...] Full text...
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Mozambique: OHCHR urges calm ahead of disputed presidential inauguration
15 january 2025 - 05:34:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has urged calm in Mozambique as Daniel Chapo is to [...] Full text...
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‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk
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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Head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underlines need for ceasefire in Gaza
02 january 2025 - 19:55:07New York, US (PANA) - The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA again underlined the need for a ceasefire [...] Full text...
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Israel attacks push Gaza healthcare ‘to brink of collapse’
01 january 2025 - 12:51:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, have pushed [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies
21 december 2024 - 06:55:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: Arbitrary arrests and detentions include 87 children
19 december 2024 - 05:06:18Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudanese women and girls who are refusing to accept an arranged marriage are among [...] Full text...
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‘Racial justice demands collective action’, says UN rights chief, ushering in new decade for African diaspora
18 december 2024 - 05:17:53New York, US (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday welcomed the proclamation of the Second International Decade [...] Full text...
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Human toll of senseless conflict ‘is incalculable’, says UN rights chief Türk
10 december 2024 - 05:50:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered his annual statement on Monday, urging global [...] Full text...
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Unravelling the fragility trap in Central African Republic civil war: World Bank Blog By Pierre Mandon and Vincent Nossek
03 december 2024 - 07:16:48Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Rebuilding the social contract between the government and its citizens is essential for the [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings
30 october 2024 - 06:10:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with [...] Full text...
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Guterres ‘unequivocally condemns’ continued civilian deaths in Gaza
22 october 2024 - 05:25:35New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned the “continued and widespread” loss of life [...] Full text...
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UN rights office raises alarm over relentless Israeli attacks in north Gaza
21 october 2024 - 17:40:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed growing alarm over Israel’s military operations in northern [...] Full text...
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West Bank Palestinians facing deadly ‘war-like tactics’, warns OCHA
19 october 2024 - 06:00:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Palestinians continue to face “war-like tactics” used against them by Israeli forces and settlers in the [...] Full text...
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Political leaders must champion human rights amid global crises
17 october 2024 - 05:44:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official has told UN News that it’s not human rights [...] Full text...
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UN chief proposes $3.6 billion budget for 2025, highlighting peace, development and reforms
17 october 2024 - 05:13:57New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday presented a $3.6 billion budget proposal for programmes in 2025, [...] Full text...
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Gaza food aid levels at ‘breaking point’
12 october 2024 - 06:59:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months, and both the north [...] Full text...
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UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools
05 october 2024 - 05:29:34New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: ‘Horror’ grows as reports of summary executions emerge
04 october 2024 - 05:36:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN-designated human rights expert on Sudan has called for the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for global ‘zero tolerance’ against antisemitism
05 september 2024 - 05:55:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday described antisemitism as an ongoing plague and [...] Full text...
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West Bank crisis: UN chief calls for immediate halt to Israeli strikes
29 august 2024 - 13:01:37New York, US (PANA) - As the crisis in the West Bank continues to escalate alongside the ongoing war in [...] Full text...
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West Bank strikes: UN rights office condemns Israeli military escalation
28 august 2024 - 14:04:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid further raids, airstrikes and settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
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Top UN aid official deplores latest wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine
26 august 2024 - 17:14:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine has condemned deadly Russian missile and drone strikes that began [...] Full text...
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UN rights office calls for accountability for latest ‘horrific’ West Bank killing
16 august 2024 - 14:53:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The perpetrators of a deadly rampage targeting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank must [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns ‘devastating strike’ on Gaza school
13 august 2024 - 05:53:22New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has deplored a deadly weekend attack on a Gaza school-turned-shelter, his [...] Full text...
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‘Another day of horror’: UN rights office condemns Israeli strikes at Gazan school
11 august 2024 - 07:24:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office condemned on Saturday the increasing frequency of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief ‘shocked and appalled’ by Israeli minister’s comment on starving Gazans to death
09 august 2024 - 16:40:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Friday for the Israeli authorities to monitor senior [...] Full text...
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UN rights office reports escalation in strikes on schools in Gaza
07 august 2024 - 05:47:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed horror at the escalating pattern of Israeli Defence [...] Full text...
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Senior UN officials welcome verdict in Guinea 2009 stadium massacre trial
01 august 2024 - 17:09:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said [...] Full text...
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UN rights office flags 'worrying rise' in extrajudicial executions in South Sudan
01 august 2024 - 05:25:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday that it is extremely concerned about the [...] Full text...
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Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of Palestinians
31 july 2024 - 12:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN report published on Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained [...] Full text...
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Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn
19 july 2024 - 16:04:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans [...] Full text...
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Human rights abuses in CAR detention centres need urgent response: UN experts
18 july 2024 - 18:39:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immediate action is needed to address human rights abuses in detention centres across the Central African [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls time on ‘economic violence’ against women and girls
29 june 2024 - 05:43:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief, Volker Türk, on Friday declared that it’s time to eliminate laws [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Laws of war likely 'consistently violated' in Israeli strikes on Gaza: UN rights office
19 june 2024 - 15:17:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN probe into the Israeli military’s bombing of Gaza has pointed to the laws of [...] Full text...
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Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’
14 june 2024 - 17:32:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global fight to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is being undermined by the movement of [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘High time’ for ceasefire and hostage release, says Guterres
12 june 2024 - 06:28:51New York, United States (PANA) - A comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza linked to the release of all remaining hostages cannot [...] Full text...
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee launches urgent appeal for aid as famine stalks millions in Sudan
31 may 2024 - 12:00:41New York, USA (PANA) - Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities
28 may 2024 - 12:41:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid further reported bombardment of Gaza overnight into Tuesday, UN and partner organisations have expressed deep [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: UN’s rights chief says horrified by escalation in fighting as famine draws nearer
18 may 2024 - 06:58:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that’s [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN humanitarians say 450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues
14 may 2024 - 12:43:03Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams
09 may 2024 - 11:24:03Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Some 80,000 people have left Rafah since Monday amid continuing Israeli bombardment in and around Gaza’s [...] Full text...
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'Israeli forces bringing war to the West Bank', warns UN rights office
09 may 2024 - 05:41:43Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As war rages in Gaza, violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have also increased [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Security Council members call for immediate halt to military escalation in El Fasher
28 april 2024 - 05:24:28New York, US (PANA) - UN Security Council members on Saturday called on the warring parties in Sudan to immediately [...] Full text...
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UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers in Burkina Faso
27 april 2024 - 05:21:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday raised alarm over the situation in northern Burkina [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
23 april 2024 - 13:34:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch says Gambia’s FGM ban law reverse threatens women and girls
20 april 2024 - 16:21:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Rights group Human Rights Watch said here Saturday that a bill before Gambia’s National Assembly to reverse a [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering
16 april 2024 - 16:00:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one [...] Full text...
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Armed groups continue terror campaign across Burkina Faso, says UN rights chief
22 march 2024 - 05:13:11Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Large parts of Burkina Faso are being terrorised by armed groups and the rampant insecurity [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Rafah ground assault would increase risk of atrocity crimes
08 march 2024 - 17:13:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Any assault by Israeli forces on the densely populated city of Rafah where 1.5 million have [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council
01 march 2024 - 06:09:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief, US slam passage of Ghana's LGBTQ bill
29 february 2024 - 06:29:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The UN human rights chief and the US Department of State have slammed the passage by [...] Full text...
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With eyes on Gaza, Ukraine, UN chief launches rights protection pledge
26 february 2024 - 14:13:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah would spell the end for UN-led humanitarian relief to the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN rights chief deplores ‘entrenched impunity’ by all parties in Israel, OPT
24 february 2024 - 10:27:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia's Tigray region lags behind in post-conflict recovery
20 february 2024 - 14:58:28Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray is lagging behind in its efforts to recover from conflict, [...] Full text...
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UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights’: UN rights chief
19 february 2024 - 16:05:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Kingdom’s legislative moves to facilitate the prompt removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda run [...] Full text...
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The UN calls for independent investigations into demonstrators killed in Senegal
13 february 2024 - 16:50:45Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office said on Tuesday it was "deeply concerned" by the crisis [...] Full text...
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Isarel-Gaza crisis: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare
09 february 2024 - 16:41:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The unrelenting war in Gaza hasn’t spared hospitals, their staff or the people sheltering there, the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza ‘buffer zone’ possible war crime: UN human rights chief
08 february 2024 - 18:00:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s reported attempt to create a “buffer zone” with Gaza could constitute a war crime, UN [...] Full text...
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Dozens killed in Mali ‘summary executions’ - UN rights chief
02 february 2024 - 05:36:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk expressed his shock on Thursday at credible reports alleging that Malian [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA
31 january 2024 - 12:19:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deadly clashes and shelling continued in Khan Younis in southern Gaza overnight into Wednesday as top [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders
26 january 2024 - 15:47:46Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to push [...] Full text...
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Gaza-Palestine crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages
19 january 2024 - 15:31:45Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Babies are being “delivered into hell” in Gaza with many others likely dying as a result [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for calm in Comoros
18 january 2024 - 07:07:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has appealed for restraint in the wake [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Ceasefire ‘more urgent than ever’ as conflict approaches 100-day mark
12 january 2024 - 20:26:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Gaza conflict approaches the 100-day mark, an immediate ceasefire is “more urgent than ever”, [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: War against Hamas in Gaza is act of self-defence, Israel tells world court
12 january 2024 - 13:47:32The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Israel strongly rejected accusations by South Africa of genocidal intent against Palestinians on Friday at [...] Full text...
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Israel/Gaza crisis: Everyone is hungry in Gaza now: UN humanitarians
02 january 2024 - 15:05:30Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated dire concerns for civilians caught up in the war in Gaza. This [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights chief warns of ‘dehumanization’ of Palestinians amid West Bank violence
29 december 2023 - 05:50:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees stripped naked and spat at, farmers robbed of their harvest: against [...] Full text...
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UN rights office urges Ethiopia to prioritise victims amidst legacy of rights abuses
29 december 2023 - 05:38:06Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Thursday urged the Ethiopian Government to ensure that ongoing [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza health workers pushed to the limit amid airstrike ‘carnage’
26 december 2023 - 19:18:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Overwhelmed medics in Gaza on Tuesday continued to try to save victims of missile strikes including [...] Full text...
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UN rights office demands investigation into 'a string of deadly airstrikes' killing civilians in Nigeria
07 december 2023 - 05:47:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in Nigeria must investigate a string of deadly airstrikes over the past six years and [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso criticises UN rights officer for 'equating terrorists with subject of international law'
01 december 2023 - 13:15:45Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has protested against a statement issued by an official of the UN High [...] Full text...
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UN rights office 'appalled' by killing of dozens of civilians in northern Burkina Faso
28 november 2023 - 20:02:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, says it is appalled by the recent killing of dozens [...] Full text...
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Irsael-Gaza crisis: ‘This must stop,’ UN chief says as deaths, displacement ripple across Gaza
19 november 2023 - 18:07:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Spikes in casualties, attacks on schools and shelters, including the death of a UN worker, and [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ‘Six days of terror’ in West Darfur: Ethnically-based attacks on the rise
17 november 2023 - 20:33:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Women and girls abducted, held ‘in slave-like conditions’ in Darfur
03 november 2023 - 19:57:05Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed alarm on Friday over reports that in Sudan, women [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising
03 november 2023 - 06:45:32Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The number of people killed in Gaza is nearing the 9,000 mark amid mounting concerns over [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising - UN
02 november 2023 - 12:20:17Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The number of people killed in Gaza is nearing the 9,000 mark amid mounting concerns over [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN welcomes first medical evacuations from Gaza
01 november 2023 - 12:46:36Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed Egypt’s decision on Wednesday to accept some of [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN chief at Rafah crossing; says aid convoy 'the difference between life and death'
20 october 2023 - 11:46:18Cairo, Egypt (PAMA) - UN humanitarians said on Friday that an agreement to unlock aid deliveries across the border to [...] Full text...
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Mental health care ‘barriers’ must end, urges Guterres
09 october 2023 - 19:56:57New York, US (PANA) - Three in four people suffering from a mental health condition receive inadequate treatment – or [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Ethnically motivated attacks leave hundreds dead in Sudan, says UN rights chief
13 september 2023 - 06:09:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds have died in ethnically motivated attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied [...] Full text...
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People of African descent facing ‘immense challenges’ in public square: UN
06 september 2023 - 07:06:54Geneva, Switzerland (PAA) - Members of the African diaspora continue to face immense challenges participating in public life in many [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances
31 august 2023 - 06:58:08New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked Wednesday’s International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance by condemning [...] Full text...
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Niger coup: UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order
19 august 2023 - 05:23:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called on Friday for Niger’s democratically elected [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Four months of conflict 'destroying people's lives and violating their basic human rights', humanitarians warn
15 august 2023 - 18:44:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After four months of war in Sudan, UN humanitarians on Tuesday called for action to be [...] Full text...
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UN human rights office in Uganda to close on Saturday
05 august 2023 - 05:49:22Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The UN human rights office in Uganda will cease operations on Sunday after the Government decided [...] Full text...
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Empower women through social protection: UN rights office
22 july 2023 - 06:51:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Access to social protection is a fundamental human right, yet a recent UN human rights report shows [...] Full text...
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Winners of 2023 UN Human Rights Prize announced
21 july 2023 - 06:45:41New York, US (PANA) - The President of the General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi on Thursday announced the winners of the prestigious [...] Full text...
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UN rights office ‘very concerned’ over disproportionate use of force against protesters
15 july 2023 - 07:57:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday said it was very concerned over reports of police [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan
06 july 2023 - 06:26:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian officials on Wednesday voiced shock and condemnation over increasing reports of gender-based [...] Full text...
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Time to end gender-based violence, boost role of women in politics, public life
01 july 2023 - 08:54:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immense strides have been made in the quest for gender equality but major barriers thrown up [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access
28 june 2023 - 05:52:20Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those [...] Full text...
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Torture as a weapon of war must cease, rights experts demand
27 june 2023 - 07:30:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights experts marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Monday, by reiterating [...] Full text...
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Tunisia must ‘change course’ amid media crackdown: UN rights chief
24 june 2023 - 06:32:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Tunisia, “vague” legislation is being used to criminalise independent journalism and suppress criticism of the [...] Full text...
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UN alarmed by deliberate attacks on civilians and sexual violence in Sudan
09 june 2023 - 16:56:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Almost two months into the armed clashes between the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo [...] Full text...
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Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns UN rights chief
07 june 2023 - 06:16:42Vienna Austria (PANA) - The full realisation of human rights for all is a “work in progress”, and the world [...] Full text...
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UN agencies call for protection of children on the move from violence
25 may 2023 - 05:20:59New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children joined UN agencies on Wednesday in [...] Full text...
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Mali: Rights group calls for trial of perpetrators of Moura massacre
18 may 2023 - 06:30:06Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has called for the trial by a competent court of perpetrators [...] Full text...
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Security situation in Sahel remains very worrying, Security Council warned
16 may 2023 - 19:56:48New York, US (PANA) - The security situation in the Sahel remains very worrying and the spiralling crisis in Sudan is an [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Fighting rages on as war of the generals enters third week
29 april 2023 - 11:15:50Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As the war in Sudan between two rival generals enters its third week, residents in the [...] Full text...
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ROUNDUP: Sudan conflict: Tens of thousands on the move; spectre of ethnic clashes, hunger draws closer
28 april 2023 - 17:40:46Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians in Sudan, including scores of internally displaced people and refugees, are scrambling for safety and [...] Full text...
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