‘Stop torture in Rwanda’: Human Rights Watch
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Rubavu, Western Rwanda (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the authorities in Rwanda to stop subjecting people to [...] Full text...
Rights group urges 3 African countries to abolish death penalty 'once and for all'
10 october 2024 - 12:03:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Three sub-Saharan African countries on the cusp of abolition must act now and abolish the death [...] 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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Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher
19 september 2024 - 05:51:06New York, US (PANA) - A sharp escalation in fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher, along with ongoing clashes between rival [...] Full text...
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Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests
14 september 2024 - 14:30:30New York, US (PANA) - The Iranian Government has intensified its efforts to suppress the fundamental rights of women and [...] 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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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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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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DRC: EU lists nine individuals and one entity for serious human rights violations
26 july 2024 - 11:34:02Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Friday imposed restrictive measures on nine individuals and one entity responsible for [...] 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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UN human rights experts urge Egypt to halt executions
04 april 2024 - 05:48:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A group of independent UN human rights experts on Wednesday expressed grave concern after death sentences [...] Full text...
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Fighting in DR Congo threatens stability of entire region, envoy warns
21 february 2024 - 06:42:42New York, US (PANA) - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), fighting between the M23 armed group [...] Full text...
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Survivors of Sudan's brutal war neglected in Chad
15 february 2024 - 19:05:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence in Sudan to eastern Chad, the Norwegian [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Survivors of brutal war have been forgotten - says humanitarian charity
14 february 2024 - 09:18:16N'djamena, Chad (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), says nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence [...] 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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South Africa flags surge in attacks on innocent civilians
23 january 2024 - 10:23:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Tuesday said it is deeply concerned about the increased [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Malian armed forces, Islamist armed groups of killing, abusing civilians
02 november 2023 - 08:01:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Malian armed forces and Islamist armed groups have killed and otherwise abused numerous civilians in central [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN independent experts ‘unequivocally condemn’ violence against civilians
20 october 2023 - 06:44:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN independent human rights experts on Thursday voiced deep concern over the fate of civilians and [...] Full text...
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EU, Council of Europe firm in global fight against death penalty
10 october 2023 - 08:48:13Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Marking World Day against the Death Penalty on Tuesday, the European Union (EU) and the Council [...] Full text...
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Eritrea dismisses Amnesty's 'flawed' report on Eritrean Defence Forces' war crimes in Ethiopia
06 september 2023 - 11:02:37New York, US (PANA) - Eritrea has dismissed a report by Amnesty International that the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) committed [...] Full text...
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Eritrean soldiers committed crimes against humanity in Ethiopia - Rights group
05 september 2023 - 10:18:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity in the [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for impartial investigation, prosecution of grave police abuse against activists
07 august 2023 - 06:34:15Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday asked the government of Angola to ensure urgent, impartial, and [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International urges Ghana's president to sign repeal of death sentence into law
26 july 2023 - 07:54:32Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A senior official of Human rights group, Amnesty International, has urged Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo [...] Full text...
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Fears of Sudan slipping into civil war grow with new tribal killings (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent )
07 july 2023 - 06:34:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A bomb shell was thrown at the already boiling Sudanese war scene as a group of [...] Full text...
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Dissolution of Mali UN peacekeeping mission 'serious blow' to civilian protection - HRW
02 july 2023 - 13:17:03Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A human rights advocate has described the vote of the United Nations Security Council to dissolve [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch accuses Burkina Faso Army of unlawful killings, ‘disappearances’
29 june 2023 - 08:17:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso armed forces summarily executed at least 9 men, and forcibly disappeared and apparently [...] 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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Sudan conflict: FM welcomes human rights reports, calls for wider condemnation
25 june 2023 - 15:51:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan on Sunday welcomed the statement issued by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemning [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN rights commission raises alarm on killings of people fleeing into Chad
24 june 2023 - 16:21:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Commission has said it is raising alarm on the killings of people [...] Full text...
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At least 405 civilians killed in communal violence in South Sudan
16 june 2023 - 18:16:15Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - At least 405 people have been killed in persistent violence against civilians across South Sudan, [...] Full text...
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DR Congo mass graves tied to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels
14 june 2023 - 07:37:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group appears responsible for mass graves containing scores of bodies found 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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Recorded executions in 2022 reached highest figure in five years - Amnesty
16 may 2023 - 07:56:11London, UK (PANA) - Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years, as the Middle East and [...] Full text...
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US slams Mali Armed Forces, Wagner mercenaries on killings in Mali town
16 may 2023 - 06:19:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is appalled by the disregard for human life exhibited by [...] Full text...
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Malian troops, foreign military personnel killed more than 500 people in March 2022 in Moura, - UN report
12 may 2023 - 14:58:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- A report by a fact-finding mission of the UN Human Rights Office has concluded that there [...] Full text...
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Some 60 civilians killed in attack blamed on army in northern Burkina Faso
24 april 2023 - 12:46:30Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Some 60 civilians were killed last Thursday in an attack allgedly carried out by the [...] Full text...
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UN concerned about new media restrictions in Burkina Faso
07 april 2023 - 16:48:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said here Thursday that he [...] Full text...
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Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity
07 march 2023 - 05:44:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire against of backdrop of “complete” impunity for State [...] Full text...
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Human rights violations against civilians by Central African Armed Forces are unacceptable, says UN expert
20 february 2023 - 17:42:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the government’s efforts to redeploy defence and security forces over a large part of the [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch says atrocities in DR Congo being carried out Rwanda-backed M23 rebels
06 february 2023 - 13:21:35Goma, DRC (PANA) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed summary executions and forced recruitment of civilians in eastern Democratic [...] Full text...
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Mali: UN experts call for investigation into possible war crimes committed by Malian army and Wagner
31 january 2023 - 19:20:53Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - United Nations (UN) experts on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into possible "war crimes [...] Full text...
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At least 28 people killed in reprisals in northwest Burkina Faso
03 january 2023 - 13:52:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 28 civilians were killed on Friday night in the town of Nouna in [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International welcomes Zambia's decision to abolish death penalty
25 december 2022 - 05:52:17Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has welcomed the announcement by Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema that the death [...] Full text...
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ICC reignites hope for long-delayed justice in Libya
05 december 2022 - 06:48:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A visit to Libya by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has reignited hope for long-delayed justice [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for action to address 'accountability deficit' after peace deal
04 november 2022 - 05:51:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has described Wednesday's peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso, Mali to join forces in fight against terrorism
03 november 2022 - 13:38:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of the transition of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore, on Wednesday held talks [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for solidarity with victims, survivors of atrocity
02 november 2022 - 11:04:13Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the bloody Ethiopian conflict enters its third year on Thursday, Human rights advocate, Amnesty [...] Full text...
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UN experts call for complete abolition of death penalty as ‘only viable path'
10 october 2022 - 19:07:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Marking the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, two UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Monday [...] Full text...
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Rights groups call for justice for Liberia civil wars-era crimes
04 october 2022 - 14:34:18Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The United States government should stand with victims of civil wars-era crimes in Liberia by signaling its [...] Full text...
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Polisario held responsible for violations in Tindouf camps
23 september 2022 - 18:16:09Genève, Switzerland (PANA) - The 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, meeting on Thursday in Geneva (Switzerland), called [...] Full text...
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Burundi must engage in ‘credible and inclusive’ move towards democratic rule - Rights expert
17 september 2022 - 05:20:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Burundi must engage more effectively in the rule of law and fight against impunity for violations [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL urges action on enforced disappearances as part of national reconciliation process
31 august 2022 - 11:51:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday called on the relevant authorities to [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe rights group denounces 'abuses' by the army resulting in more than 40 deaths
14 august 2022 - 17:41:08Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso ( PANA) - A Burkina Faso human rights organisation, the Collective against Impunity and Stigmatisation of [...] Full text...
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UN human rights probe says new suspected mass graves found in Libyan town of Tarhuna
04 july 2022 - 15:09:04Geneva, Switzerand (PANA) - New suspected mass graves have been uncovered in Tarhuna, Libya, a Human Rights Council Probe reported on [...] Full text...
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Rights office welcomes Zambia’s pledge to abolish death penalty
28 may 2022 - 07:32:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Zambia’s plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, [...] Full text...
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Libya: Officials discuss demobilisation of armed groups
26 may 2022 - 23:30:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The issue of demobilisation and integration of armed groups in Libya, the subject of a workshop [...] Full text...
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Armed Islamists, security forces in Burkina Faso committing abuses against civilians - Human Rights Watch
18 may 2022 - 05:22:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Armed Islamist groups and government security forces and militia in Burkina Faso are committing increased abuses against [...] Full text...
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UN rights office 'extremely concerned' about Maili's failure to grant investigators access to Moura
21 april 2022 - 06:07:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Office dsys it is "extremely concerned" that Malian authorities have still not granted UN [...] Full text...
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Rights group says justice slow in coming to victims of violence, war crimes in Mali
13 april 2022 - 07:22:46Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, says despite commitments and investigations into increased war crimes and violence [...] Full text...
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UN expert calls for independent probe into massacre in Mali's Mopti region
07 april 2022 - 05:23:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN human rights expert on Wednesday called for a full and independent investigation into alleged [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights groups flag crimes against humanity in Western Tigray Zone
06 april 2022 - 07:31:41Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Amhara regional security forces and civilian authorities in Ethiopia's Western Tigray Zone have committed widespread abuses against [...] Full text...
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Rights group alleges Malian soldiers, assosiated foreign forces 'summarily executed' some 300 civilians
05 april 2022 - 07:27:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Malian armed forces and associated foreign soldiers allegedly summarily executed an estimated 300 civilian men, some of [...] Full text...
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Mali: Suspension of RFI and France 24 is "attack against freedom and independence of information"(RSF)
17 march 2022 - 20:18:00Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) on Thursday denounced an attack against information, which will be prejudicial [...] Full text...
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Rights advocate calls on Malian Army and armed Islamists to end atrocities
15 march 2022 - 10:47:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)) – A human rights advocate, Human Rights Watch (HRE), has said that the Malian army and armed Islamist [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian cisis: Rights group accuses rebel TPLF forces of murder, rape, pillage in Amhara region
16 february 2022 - 06:02:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused fighters affiliated with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front [...] Full text...
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At least 50 killed in DRC's Ituri Province by militias
03 february 2022 - 05:13:01Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - At least 50 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack on Tuesday night at [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group accuses rebel Tigray forces of summarily executing civilians
10 december 2021 - 07:38:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Tigrayan forces summarily executed dozens of civilians in two towns they controlled in Ethiopia's northern Amhara [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso facing ‘multitude of challenges’: Human rights chief
02 december 2021 - 05:31:02Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Concluding a four-day to visit Burkina Faso, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Several western govts warn of increase in human toll in Tigray
07 november 2021 - 14:45:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Several Western governments, including three permanent members of the UN Security Council, have warned that the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopians continue to rally against rebels
07 november 2021 - 11:42:04Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Residents of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and several cities and towns on Sunday heeded calls [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights report says 'all parties' have violated human rights in 'brutal' war; PM Abiy dismisses it as false
03 november 2021 - 10:31:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A joint investigation by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the UN Human Rights Office [...] Full text...
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Mali army denies allegations of summary executions in fight against terrorism
14 october 2021 - 12:00:11Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Chief of General Staff of the Malian Army, General Oumar Diarra, has denied allegations incriminating [...] Full text...
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Violence, aid access continue to obstruct humanitarian effort in DR Congo
05 october 2021 - 16:22:25New York, US (PANA) - Violence and access constraints in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue [...] Full text...
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Senegalese justice minister confirms death of former Chadian president Hissein Habré
24 august 2021 - 17:42:46Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Minister of Justice, Me Malick Sall, has officially confirmed the death of former Chadian [...] Full text...
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Former Chadian President Hissein Habré dies in detention in Dakar
24 august 2021 - 11:21:17Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The former Chadian president, Hissein Habré, died on Tuesday in detention in Dakar, from COVID-19-related ailment, [...] Full text...
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Mali violence threatens country’s survival, warns UN human rights expert
07 august 2021 - 05:28:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Rapidly spreading violence in Mali is threatening the State’s very survival, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Nigerian security forces of 'catalogue of rights violations'
06 august 2021 - 06:06:50Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International is accusing the Nigerian security forces of committing "a catalogue of human rights violations [...] Full text...
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UN deputy chief warns of ‘hurricane of humanitarian crises’
17 july 2021 - 06:26:15New York, US (PANA) - There is a “bloody surge” impacting humanitarian crises around the world, with civilians in conflict zones paying [...] Full text...
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Malian authorities urged to ‘break the cycle of impunity’ for human rights violations
30 june 2021 - 07:12:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rampant impunity for human rights violations in Mali is posing serious risks for the protection of [...] Full text...
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UK imposes sanctions on Haftar-affiliated al-Kaniyat militia
14 may 2021 - 11:35:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on the al-Kaniyat militia and its leaders, Abderrahim al-Kani and [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Nigeria over killings since 2001
27 april 2021 - 15:08:13Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian non-governmental organisation [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International condemns execution of nine people in Egypt
27 april 2021 - 05:41:56Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has condemned Monday's execution of of nine people in Egypt as [...] Full text...
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North Africa, Middle East countries dominate list of world’s top executioners: Amnesty International
21 april 2021 - 05:41:31London, UK (PANA) - Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ruthlessly persisted with executions, defying the unprecedented [...] Full text...
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Armed groups at centre of human rights abuses in Burkina Faso, says Amnesty International
08 april 2021 - 11:50:53Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Armed groups in Burkina Faso committed human rights abuses, including killings and abductions, in the [...] Full text...
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Rights experts concerned over ‘Russian advisers’ and close contacts with CAR UN peacekeepers
01 april 2021 - 12:41:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed independent rights experts on Wednesday raised concerns over the recruitment and use of private military and [...] Full text...
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UN experts alarmed by CAR’s use of “Russian trainers”, close contacts with UN peacekeepers
31 march 2021 - 13:47:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A group of UN experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the increased recruitment and use of [...] Full text...
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ISIS-linked armed group attacks civilians in northern Mozambican town
29 march 2021 - 05:29:42Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambican authorities should take urgent measures to protect civilians fleeing an armed Islamist group in the [...] Full text...
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EU wants constructive dialogue with Ethiopian government - EC
11 march 2021 - 14:36:31Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union on Thursday urged all parties involved in the armed conflict in northern Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...
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Amnesty says hundreds of people killed as conflict continues to rage in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado
02 march 2021 - 06:37:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hundreds of civilians in Mozambique have been unlawfully killed by the armed group known locally as [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Eritrean troops accused of possible crimes against humanity in Tigray region
26 february 2021 - 08:38:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the [...] Full text...
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Rights body urges Botswana President to abolish death penalty
10 february 2021 - 07:13:49Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned the execution of two people in Botswana after they lost their respective [...] Full text...
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UN member countries criticise Rwanda’s rights record
02 february 2021 - 07:18:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – United Nations member countries offered strong criticism and scores of recommendations addressing Rwanda's human rights record during [...] Full text...
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UN independent experts urge Sudan to protect civilians
02 february 2021 - 06:23:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Recent inter-communal violence and deadly attacks in Darfur have prompted two independent UN human rights experts [...] Full text...
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UNHCR says new safety measures allow Malian refugees to return to camp in Burkina Faso
21 december 2020 - 12:47:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency - UNHCR - has helped 3,000 Malian refugees move back into [...] Full text...
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Number of forcibly displaced people soars above 80 million: UNHCR
10 december 2020 - 08:23:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has doubled in the past decade and [...] Full text...
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SADC lawmakers urged to strengthen laws to respond to human rights threats
07 december 2020 - 12:09:34Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, says lawmakers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) must [...] Full text...
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Widows, orphans of victims of extrajudicial killings arrested in Mauritania freed
30 november 2020 - 09:52:59Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Forty widows, orphans, relatives of black military victims of extrajudicial executions in 1990-1991, and activists of [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian president, Cheikh Abdallahi dies
23 november 2020 - 11:44:05Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The former Mauritanian president (2007-2008), Sidi Mohamed ould Cheikh Abdallahi, died on Sunday night at the [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International decries alarming series of executions in Botswana
30 october 2020 - 23:21:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s first year in office has been characterized by a rise in executions, with [...] Full text...
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Rights expert urges greater protection for mass graves
28 october 2020 - 18:49:40New York, US (PANA) - More action must be taken to protect mass graves, which provide proof of "heinous events" that [...] Full text...
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Nigerians in Ghana gather at High Commission in solidarity with #EndSars
21 october 2020 - 15:23:21Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nigerians in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, converged on the Nigerian High Commission on Wednesday in solidarity [...] Full text...
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Biden, Clinton urge Nigerian president Buhari to end violent crackdown on protesters
21 october 2020 - 10:46:13Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Top politicians of the Democratic Party of the United States of America -- Joe Biden [...] Full text...
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Positive death penalty decision in Africa undermined by continued executions, says rights group
10 october 2020 - 06:56:26Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the year since the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights gave fresh impetus to [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges Libyans to make real progress in the search for peace and stability
05 october 2020 - 17:49:34New York, US (PANA) – Stating that Libya’s future is at stake, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Monday called on [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Human rights violation drop by 9% in August 2020
30 september 2020 - 22:26:49Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Joint Office for Human Rights (BCNUDH) has documented 669 human rights violations in [...] Full text...
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No human rights progress despite new presidency in Burundi - UN iiInquiry finds
24 september 2020 - 12:48:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has urged the international community to remain concerned about the [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Meeting held on humanitarian liabilities
23 september 2020 - 16:14:21Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The president of the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH), Ahmed Salem ould Bouhoubeini, Wednesday received [...] Full text...
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Libya: EU imposes sanctions for human rights abuses, arms embargo violations
21 september 2020 - 19:50:07Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday imposed targeted restrictive measures on two persons responsible for human rights [...] Full text...
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UN report says human rights violations continue in Burundi under new Govt
18 september 2020 - 05:07:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed investigators have issued fresh warnings about ongoing rights violations and impunity in Burundi, since the death [...] Full text...
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UN chief 'dismayed' over US sanctions on top International Criminal Court officials
03 september 2020 - 04:30:57New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday noted “with concern” the imposition by the United States of sanctions against [...] Full text...
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Rights groups say 'thousands still missing' in South Sudan
28 august 2020 - 05:24:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Two human rights groups on Friday asked the South Sudan authorities to investigate the fate and [...] Full text...
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Rights expert denounces lack of investigation into 2017 killing of journalist in South Sudan
26 august 2020 - 05:50:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lack of investigation into the killing of a journalist three years ago in South Sudan is [...] Full text...
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UN human rights chief appoints independent investigators to probe abuses in Libya
20 august 2020 - 04:03:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-led efforts to address serious rights violations in Libya, received a boost on Wednesday with the [...] Full text...
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OHCHR appoints members of its fact-finding mission to Libya
19 august 2020 - 17:27:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Michelle Bachelet, on Wednesday announced the appointment [...] Full text...
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Three UN special rapporteurs to investigate disappearance of Cameroonian journalist, Samuel Wazizi
13 august 2020 - 14:55:38Paris, France (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said it has asked three United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs to investigate [...] Full text...
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Rights group says criminal gangs, kidnap, rape scores of women, girls in Virunga National Park
30 july 2020 - 07:33:03Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Criminal gangs have kidnapped for ransom at least 170 people near the Virunga National Park in [...] Full text...
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Fight against terrorism must be conducted with strict respect for human rights, EU Delegation
10 july 2020 - 18:46:20Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The European Union Delegation in Burkina Faso said here Friday the fight against terrorism must [...] Full text...
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HRW accuses Burkinabe forces of extra-judicial executions, 180 bodies found in mass graves
09 july 2020 - 15:45:01Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Mass graves containing at least 180 bodies have been discovered in a town in northern [...] Full text...
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US concerned with allegations of summary executions in Burkina Faso
08 july 2020 - 22:53:00Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The US embassy here Wednesday said it was deeply concerned with allegations of summary executions [...] Full text...
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MINUSMA chief deeply concerned by killings and summary executions in central Mali
04 july 2020 - 16:36:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Mali, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Saturday expressed deep [...] Full text...
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7 Fulanis killed in eastern Burkina Faso allegedly by security forces
01 july 2020 - 17:05:22Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Committee working against Impunity and Stigmatization of Communities (CISC) on Wednesday denounced what it [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL reiterates its call for accountability for crimes targeting women in Libya
26 june 2020 - 14:16:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Full and effective participation of women in public life, including all political processes and peace building [...] Full text...
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Presidential Council in Libya calls for condemnation of crimes committed by pro-Haftar and UN investigation
13 june 2020 - 20:19:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the government of national accord said here Saturday that it was still [...] Full text...
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US-Turkish-Russian arrangements in Libya and Maghreb efforts to resolve crisis highlighted in news
13 june 2020 - 16:54:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Political efforts undertaken after military developments in the west of the country marked by the defeat [...] Full text...
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Libyan government determined to shed light on mass graves discovered in Tarhouna, last pro-Haftar stronghold
13 june 2020 - 15:08:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The mass graves discovered in Tarhouna, 120 km south of Tripoli, the last stronghold of Marshal [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges continued international support for Mali amid growing terrorist threat
12 june 2020 - 05:05:03New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has stressed the need for continued international commitment to Mali, as the [...] Full text...
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UNHCR concerned about escalating violence in Sahel region
11 june 2020 - 20:38:06Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said here Thursdays it was [...] Full text...
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France concerned with extrajudicial killing accusations in antiterrorist fight in Sahel
10 june 2020 - 22:51:41Paris, France (PANA) - The French foreign affairs ministry Wednesday expressed concern with allegations by Amnesty International of exactions against [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses soldiers in Sahel of killing people under guise of anti-terror operations
10 june 2020 - 05:58:40Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International is accusing soldiers in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso of rampaging [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog faults Ethiopian security forces for rape, extrajudicial executions
29 may 2020 - 12:18:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopian security forces committed horrendous human rights violations including burning homes to the ground, extrajudicial executions [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International accuses Nigerian military of subjecting children to unlawful detention
27 may 2020 - 07:52:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Wednesday accused the Nigerian military of subjecting children in [...] Full text...
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Rights group demands independent probe of 'execution' of 12 men in State custody
21 may 2020 - 11:23:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Burkina Faso authorities should credibly investigate alleged extrajudicial executions of 12 men detained by gendarmes on [...] Full text...
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AI decries conflicts, cocktail of rights violations in Africa
08 april 2020 - 07:30:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The London-based global human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), on Tuesday released a report saying, armed [...] Full text...
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Africans rise against armed conflict, repressive regimes
02 april 2020 - 19:13:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face [...] Full text...
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UN worried about increasing abductions, forced disappearances in Libya
18 march 2020 - 21:22:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern with the increasing ‘’abductions, acts [...] Full text...
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Al-Sarraj accuses Haftar and supporters of attack on Tripoli of "crimes" against Libyans
24 february 2020 - 15:42:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj, [...] Full text...
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East African Breweries post US$7.2 million profit
31 january 2020 - 16:43:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - East African Breweries has posted US$7.2 million in profit tax for the half-year ending December 31, 2019, [...] Full text...
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"The truce in Libya is nothing more than ink on paper" - says UN Chief Ghassan Salame
30 january 2020 - 18:18:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Briefing the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, the special representative of the UN Secretary-General in [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International deplores postponement of Malian “red berets” trial
15 january 2020 - 16:58:49Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International said on Tuesday that the postponement of the trial of the "red berets" of [...] Full text...
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Killings, violence targeting ethnic group in DR Congo ‘may amount to crimes against humanity’ - UN
11 january 2020 - 08:02:34New York, US (PANA) - The targeting of the Hema community in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with violence, [...] Full text...
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'Targeted attacks, executions by armed Islamist groups kill over 250 civilians in Burkina Faso'
06 january 2020 - 08:47:06New York, US (PANA) – Armed Islamist groups in Burkina Faso have committed targeted attacks and summary executions that have killed [...] Full text...
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Malian government denies unfounded allegations on armed forces
31 december 2019 - 20:52:28Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government Tuesday denied what it described as “the unfounded allegations” on the disappearance, for [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's president appeals to citizens not be be divided by execution of 11 Christian hostages by ISWAP terrorists
28 december 2019 - 08:39:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned last Wednesday's execution of 11 Christians in the northeast of [...] Full text...
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Some 284 civilians killed, 383 injured in violence in Libya in 2019: UN
11 december 2019 - 12:52:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 284 civilians have been killed and 363 injured in 2019 in the raging violence 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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‘Violence, atrocities and impunity’ reign throughout Libya', ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council
06 november 2019 - 19:34:38New York, US (PANA) - Libya remains entangled in a “cycle of violence, atrocities and impunity”, International Criminal Court (ICC) [...] Full text...
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EU and Council of Europe urge global abolition of death penalty
09 october 2019 - 12:41:07Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe on Wednesday encouraged all countries to join [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian opposition leader tasks president El Ghazouani with political grieviances
01 october 2019 - 17:40:11Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Biram Dah Abeid, an anti-slavery leader and defeated opposition candidate in the 22 June presidential election [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian Diaspora set conditions for true national unity
30 september 2019 - 15:37:52Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian Diaspora in the United States have listed conditions for the restoration of national unity [...] Full text...
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Fayez al-Sarraj denounces "those who have obstructed the implementation of the Libyan Political Agreement"
24 september 2019 - 19:50:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity, Fayez al-Sarraj, has lamented [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Outlawed Shiite group says 15 members killed by Police during Ashura mourning procession
10 september 2019 - 18:44:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Shiite group, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), on Tuesday said that 15 of its [...] Full text...
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Niger needs more humanitarian aid in Diffa, says MSF
21 august 2019 - 23:41:22Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The security situation remains very volatile in the Lake Chad region and more humanitarian aid is [...] Full text...
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Amnesty denounces human rights violations in Equatorial Guinea as President Nguema clocks 40 years in power
02 august 2019 - 19:44:18Paris, France (PANA) – The authorities of Equatorial Guinea must end the several decades of human rights violations and breaches, [...] Full text...
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Some 150 pro-Haftar fighters taken prisoner in recapture of Ghariane
29 june 2019 - 15:50:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 150 fighters of the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar were captured [...] Full text...
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AI urges presidential candidates in Mauritania defend human rights
05 june 2019 - 13:42:41Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI), in a statement issued on Wednesday, urged candidates for the presidential election in [...] Full text...
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Rights organisation urges Burkina Faso to respect human rights in anti-terrorist operations
23 may 2019 - 11:10:55Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso’s security forces should strictly respect human rights during the new military operation they [...] Full text...
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Pilgrims start long walk to execution site of Uganda’s Christian martyrs
20 may 2019 - 16:40:19Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – June 3 is Martyrs Day in Uganda, a public holiday that has taken on more importance [...] Full text...
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Liberians reiterate demands for war crimes court
15 may 2019 - 04:42:40Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Liberian citizens called on President George Weah in a video released on Tuesday by an array of local [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International hails Gambia's move towards abolition of capital punishment
11 may 2019 - 12:26:00Paris, France (PANA) – Amnesty International has welcomed Gambian President Adama Barrow’s decision to commute the death sentences of 22 [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Shell ruling 'a vital step towards justice'
01 may 2019 - 11:52:01The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The District Court of The Hague on Wednesday issued an interim ruling in the case [...] Full text...
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Human rights associations take legal action against France for delivering boats to Libyan coastguards
25 april 2019 - 16:40:06Paris, France (PANA) - Eight associations on Thursday seized the administrative court of Paris to request the suspension of delivery [...] Full text...
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European Parliament deplores human rights violations in Cameroon
23 april 2019 - 10:22:57Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Union (EU) High Representative Federica Mogherini has deplored "human rights abuses" in the management of [...] Full text...
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Rights body fingers Botswana as global executions fall
11 april 2019 - 21:04:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Botswana is one of the countries that is still executing suspects handed the death sentence as [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: MBDHP calls for investigations into alleged judicial killings by the army
16 march 2019 - 06:00:53Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government on Thursday denied a report by the Burkinabe Human Rights Movement (MBDHP) [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso government reacts to human rights movement report accusing army of abuses
14 march 2019 - 23:29:58Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government reacted on Thursday to a report of the Burkinabe Movement for Human [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso army accused of human rights abuses in fighting against terrorism
14 march 2019 - 13:05:16Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Movement for Human and Peoples' Rights (MBDHP) claims to have recorded and documented [...] Full text...
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Civil society organization in Burkina Faso asks government to shed light on casualties in inter-communal violence
05 march 2019 - 16:51:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – A civil society organization Tuesday called on the Burkina minister of Justice, Bessolé René Bagoro, [...] Full text...
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Rights group 'shocked' at spike in South Sudan executions
01 march 2019 - 06:53:38Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday that South Sudan authorities executed at least [...] Full text...
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Rights group says civilians trapped in tightening siege in eastern Libya
22 february 2019 - 09:34:20Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Forces allied with one of Libya's two competing governments, who appear to have defeated local fighters in [...] Full text...
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‘Urgent need’ to stop Mali violence with ‘effective’ military response: UN expert
13 february 2019 - 05:33:14Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The state of human rights and security across Mali is a “cause of grave concern”, the [...] Full text...
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‘End the ongoing atrocities’ against people with albinism in Malawi, say UN rights experts
08 february 2019 - 21:15:58Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - After a recent "savage” killing and the abduction of a one-year-old baby in Malawi, United [...] Full text...
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Human rights group says migrant massacre in Gambia carried out by paramilitary unit
24 january 2019 - 21:48:09BANJUL, GAMBIA (PANA) - Five United Nations human rights monitors Thursday urged the UN and the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
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ICC investigates human rights abuses Tripoli prison
22 january 2019 - 11:52:11Libya (PANA) - The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has begun a preliminary investigation into [...] Full text...
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Civil society urges gov't to halt violence in Mali
19 january 2019 - 17:45:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Urging the government to immediately halt the raging violence in the country, the National Council of [...] Full text...
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For what purpose does Daech target state institutions in Libya? (By Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
04 january 2019 - 14:11:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 25 December 2018 suicide attack against the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in [...] Full text...
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Amnesty warns Mali approving new law will reinforce culture of impunity for rights violations
12 december 2018 - 02:39:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the Malian authorities not to vote in a new law which [...] Full text...
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ICC asked to investigate Nigerian govt over human rights violations in Boko Haram war
10 december 2018 - 11:23:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Monday said that it is imperative for the International [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL warns Libyans on extrajudicial killings in Tripoli
01 december 2018 - 13:41:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Reports of armed groups carrying out extra-judicial killings in Tripoli continue to reach the UN Support [...] Full text...
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Mauritania police disperse widows' march seeking truth about injustice
28 november 2018 - 16:54:37Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian police on Wednesday stopped a march by a collective of widows, orphans and other beneficiaries [...] Full text...
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Cameroon violence condemned by UN human rights office
21 november 2018 - 04:10:01New York, US (PANA) - Continuing insecurity in Cameroon has been condemned by the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) [...] Full text...
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Cameroonians to stop acts of violence
20 november 2018 - 19:52:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday urged all opposing sides in the Southwest [...] Full text...
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Pro-Iranian Islamic group puts death toll from Shiite/Military clash at 48
01 november 2018 - 14:08:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The pro-Iranian Islamic Shiite group, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), said Thursday that the joint [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Nigeria security forces for 'killing' of at least 45 peaceful Shi’a protesters
01 november 2018 - 05:31:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International says its investigation shows that the horrific use of excessive force [...] Full text...
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Political incitement to violence against journalists is ‘toxic’: UN experts
01 november 2018 - 04:53:17New York, US (PANA) - A group of independent, UN-appointed human rights experts has called on world leaders to stop [...] Full text...
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‘Put an end to the death penalty now’, urges Guterres
10 october 2018 - 19:57:04New York, US (PANA) - Progress made toward eliminating the death penalty has been “marred by setbacks”, said United Nations [...] Full text...
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EU reiterates opposition to capital punishment for all cases
09 october 2018 - 16:12:14Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - On the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, the Council of Europe and the [...] Full text...
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CAF moves to reposition African football
29 september 2018 - 14:34:28Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - At its meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on 27-28 September, 2018, the CAF [...] Full text...
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Dozens of NGOs call for accountability for past crimes in Liberia
21 september 2018 - 08:26:42New York, US (PANA) – Dozens of Non-Governmental Organisations have sent a letter to Liberian President George Weah urging him [...] Full text...
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AI calls for release of report on Nigerian military's human rights record
11 september 2018 - 16:30:54Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government’s delay in making public a report on the military’s human rights record is [...] Full text...
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UN investigators say serious rights violations ongoing in Burundi
06 september 2018 - 05:28:05Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Serious rights violations are continuing in Burundi, including summary executions and hate speech at the highest [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for reform of Nigeria's anti-robbery squad
14 august 2018 - 19:40:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the Nigerian government to initiate an immediate [...] Full text...
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Rights body fingers Cameroon Army in extrajudicial killings
13 july 2018 - 15:22:43Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An investigation by Amnesty International (AI) experts has gathered credible evidence that Cameroonian soldiers appeared in [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Liberia takes 'small step' toward justice for war crimes
11 july 2018 - 06:31:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Liberia's pledge for the first time to issue a public statement on accountability for grave crimes [...] Full text...
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Scores of NGOs seek justice for Liberia's war crimes
05 july 2018 - 15:39:13Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Scores of NGOs are asking the Liberian government to undertake fair and credible prosecutions of international [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Ethiopian PM to investigate torture in 'Jail Ogaden'
05 july 2018 - 06:29:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – An international human rights watchdog is asking the new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to urgently [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls on Ethiopia to immediately disband abusive police unit
12 june 2018 - 07:01:10Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on the Ethiopian government to immediately disband a [...] 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 raises alarm at killings, abuse in Sahel conflict
21 may 2018 - 04:47:16Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Armed Islamist groups in Burkina Faso have executed suspected government collaborators, intimidated teachers and spread [...] Full text...
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UN rights office regrets Sudan teenage girl’s death sentence
19 may 2018 - 04:27:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The case of Noura Hussein Hammad Daoud, a Sudanese teenager convicted of fatally stabbing the man [...] Full text...
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Libyans deserve justice, as war crime suspects remain at large: Prosecutor
09 may 2018 - 19:38:47New York, US (PANA) - Despite an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, a Libyan war crimes suspect remains at [...] Full text...
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