'Rights in free fall in Niger after coup' - Rights groups

25 july 2024 - 06:51:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The military authorities in Niger have cracked down on the opposition, media, and peaceful dissent since taking [...] Full text...

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French court jails former Liberian warlord for life

03 november 2022 - 06:05:44
Paris, France (PANA) - Human rights organisations have welcomed Wednesday's life sentence a court in Paris handed a former Liberian rebel [...] Full text...

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Around 50 people killed in Chad protests - govt

20 october 2022 - 20:36:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Chad's Transitional Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo said at a press conference on Thursday that the [...] Full text...

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At least 30 dead and several injured in Chad demonstrations, new report

20 october 2022 - 17:27:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 30 people were killed in demonstrations that broke out on Thursday in several [...] Full text...

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AU Commission Chairperson condemns repression of demonstrations in Chad

20 october 2022 - 17:20:56
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Thursday condemned the [...] Full text...

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Rights groups hail trial in France of accused person for crimes against humanity in Liberian civil war

06 october 2022 - 10:22:43
Paris, France (PANA) – The trial in France of Kunti K. for crimes against humanity in his alleged role as a Liberian former [...] Full text...

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Guinea junta leader orders commencement of trial of 28 September 2009 massacre

15 july 2022 - 13:02:05
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The leader of Guinea's military junta, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, has ordered the commencement of the trial of security [...] Full text...

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Human rights groups demand trial of suspects of 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea

28 september 2021 - 11:11:02
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Several human rights groups are calling for trial of suspects in the massacre of more than 150 [...] Full text...

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UN Human Rights Council urged to renew Libya fact-finding mission’s mandate

21 september 2021 - 06:48:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Seven human rights organisations on Tuesday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council member states, including Libya, [...] Full text...

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Four civil society groups call release of Guinean activist Oumar Sylla

01 december 2020 - 16:24:47
Paris, France (PANA) - Four civil society organisations on Monday called on the Guinean government to "immediately release" Oumar Sylla, [...] Full text...

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Human rights organizations want trial of perpetrators of Sept28, 2009, killings in Conakry to begin before 2020 end

29 september 2020 - 19:00:51
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Association of Victims, Relatives and Friends of September [...] Full text...

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28 September 2009 massacre in Conakry: Six organisations demand trial in shortest possible time

28 september 2020 - 22:16:52
Paris, France (PANA) - Six human rights organisations Monday urged the Guinean government to immediately take concrete measures to begin [...] Full text...

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FIDH and ZimRights condemn persecution of dissidents in Zimbabwe

15 september 2020 - 21:05:01
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation of Human Rights (IFHR) and Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Tuesday strongly condemned [...] Full text...

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FIDH, LDH welcome the arrest of alleged Rwandan genocide financier

18 may 2020 - 15:45:16
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights League (LDH, France) have welcomed [...] Full text...

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Several organizations urge Guinean army not to interfere in the electoral process

27 february 2020 - 19:27:56
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations in Guinea on Thursday asked [...] Full text...

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Human rights organizations welcome the conviction of five anti-balaka leaders by CAR justice system

08 february 2020 - 18:31:07
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Central African League for Human Rights (LCDH) [...] Full text...

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Former head of Mali military junta Aya Sanogo, others granted provisional release

29 january 2020 - 12:25:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The indictment chamber of the Bamako Court of Appeal on Tuesday granted provisional release to Captain [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Development consultant Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara dies

31 december 2019 - 18:21:50
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian development consultant Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara, also a sociologist, former president of the Mauritanian Association [...] Full text...

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Two Ugandan activists against Total project in Uganda in danger, says NGOs

29 december 2019 - 17:55:08
Paris, France (PANA)  -  Two Ugandans, community leader Jelousy Mugisha and farmer Fred Mwesigwa, who came to France on 12 [...] Full text...

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Gambia's genocide case against Myanmar at ICJ filed on Monday

11 november 2019 - 16:42:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the Genocide Convention,  filed [...] Full text...

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Human Rights organisations, partners want EU to maintain sanctions against 16 Congolese officials

08 december 2018 - 14:57:06
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and Congolese partner organisations have called on the European [...] Full text...

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HRW says there should be no amnesty for atrocity crimes

25 august 2018 - 06:40:07
Bangui, CAR (PANA) – A general amnesty as part of the political dialogue in the Central African Republic (CAR) would [...] Full text...

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Human rights groups say justice for 2010-11 crimes in Cote d'Ivoire stagnates

09 may 2018 - 06:11:01
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Human rights groups are urging Côte d’Ivoire’s President, Alassane Ouattara, to do more to fulfill [...] Full text...

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Equatorial Guinea gov't critic blocked from leaving country - HRW

02 may 2018 - 07:05:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – An internationally acclaimed cartoonist acquitted of trumped-up charges and released from prison on 7 March 2018, [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Rights groups urge Ivorian gov't to address rights issues as UN mission ends

30 june 2017 - 05:45:14
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA ) – As the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d’Ivoire (UNOCI) comes to an end [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Rights groups, NGOs urge UN to investigate violence in DR Congo's Kasai region

01 june 2017 - 06:56:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations Human Rights Council has been urged to urgently establish a commission of inquiry [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: 'Continued fighting must not derail hybrid court to try war crimes'

13 october 2016 - 09:26:16
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Human rights groups have cautioned that continued fighting in South Sudan must not derail justice [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights groups demand global probe into Ethiopian rights violations

30 august 2016 - 11:03:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A group of human rights organizations is calling for an independent and impartial international investigation into [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Rights groups demand justice for victims of South Sudan violence

17 august 2016 - 07:43:38
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Two human rights groups have said renewed violence underscores the urgency of bringing to account [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Rights groups hail ICC verdict against DRC rebel leader

22 march 2016 - 16:55:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) –Rights groups under the banner of Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) have hailed the [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Human rights observatory denounces detention of anti-slavery activists in Mauritania

01 july 2015 - 19:06:21
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) –The observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a programme jointly implemented by the International Federation [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: US welcomes release of rights activist in Mauritania

30 june 2015 - 14:04:24
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The US embassy in Mauritania has welcomed the release, on medical grounds, of Sow Djibi, the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Human rights organizations want AU to publish inquiry report on South Sudan (Corrected)

22 january 2015 - 19:15:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Amnesty International on Thursday urged the African Union (AU) to publish a report on atrocities committed [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Human rights organizations want AU to publish inquiry report on South Sudan

22 january 2015 - 16:24:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Amnesty International on Thursday urged the African Union (AU) to publish a report on atrocities committed [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Int'l Human Rights Federation opens office in Tunisia

23 january 2014 - 13:46:40
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Wednesday opened an office in Tunis in a bid [...] Full text...

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French President discusses CAR crisis with NGOs

23 august 2013 - 22:47:18
Paris, France (PANA) - French President François Hollande Friday held talks in Paris with the representatives of several French and [...] Full text...

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Human rights violations in northern Mali raise concern

11 april 2012 - 12:31:28
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Mali have expressed concern at the human rights violations [...] Full text...

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Rights groups want end to harassment of WOZA members

01 february 2012 - 18:27:56
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Rights groups, under the banner of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Wednesday expressed [...] Full text...

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Rights groups denounce Senegal for denying official entry

29 october 2011 - 15:31:53
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The International Federation of the Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) has denounced Senegal for denying its secretary-general, [...] Full text...

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African workers in France seek inquiry into possible genocide against blacks in Libya

13 september 2011 - 10:53:53
Paris, France (PANA) - The Federation of African Workers in France (FETAF) has called for an inquiry into the possible [...] Full text...

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NGOs coalition says violations of Sudan’s peace deal should trigger more sanctions

01 july 2011 - 06:59:47
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With only days before South Sudan secedes on 9 July, Sudan is closer to [...] Full text...

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FIDH welcomes gender parity on electoral rolls in Tunisia

13 april 2011 - 12:50:08
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) on Wednesday described as a "first in the Arab [...] Full text...

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AU urged to implement monitoring mechanism

29 january 2011 - 12:24:43
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has been charged to set up a mechanism to monitor the [...] Full text...

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AU Summit: Only 10% of AU decisions are applied by member states

28 january 2011 - 15:53:06
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Nearly 10 per cent of the measures taken by the different authorities of the African [...] Full text...

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News feature: Whither Africa's common values?

27 january 2011 - 14:29:25
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The freedom struggle in pre-independence Africa was fuelled by common values of the people under [...] Full text...

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Rights group demands trial of Hissène Habré

26 january 2011 - 22:19:55
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A Paris-based human rights group, the International Federation of the League of Human Rights (FIDH), [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges AU leaders to denounce human rights violations

26 january 2011 - 21:31:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A human rights group is urging African leaders to condemn human rights violations on the [...] Full text...

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Deteriorating situation in Darfur worries 17 NGOs

10 january 2011 - 13:55:43
Paris, France (PANA) - Seventeen non-governmental organizations, including the African Centre for Peace and Justice Studies and Human Rights, Monday [...] Full text...

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NGOs seeks greater respect for human rights in Francophonie

22 october 2010 - 12:39:00
Montreux- Switzerland (PANA) -- Human rights organisations, including Amnesty Int ernational and the Fondation Hirondelle, Thursday called for greater respect [...] Full text...

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SERAP asks Nigerian president to appoint special adviser on Sudan

19 september 2010 - 15:21:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ahead of the launch of the "global 365 Campaign on Sudan ", the Socio-Economic Rights and [...] Full text...

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Human rights groups sue for credibility in Burundi electoral process

09 june 2010 - 09:34:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Two human rights organisations Wednesday called on all political actors in Burundi to make [...] Full text...

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Guinean human rights group hails UN inquiry into killings

01 december 2009 - 19:30:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The chairman of the Guinean Human Rights Organisation ( OGDH), Thierno Maadjou Sow, declared Tuesday that [...] Full text...

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Human Rights groups demand commencement of Habré’s trial

27 june 2009 - 12:10:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) – Three years after asking Sen-egal to prosecute the former d ictator of Chad, Hissène Habré, the [...] Full text...

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Int'l human rights league targets 4 African countries

05 june 2009 - 16:22:00
N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- The International Federation of the Human Rights League s (FIDH) will pay particular attention this year [...] Full text...

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Deputy ICC prosecutor spikes claims of tension at The Hague

18 may 2009 - 22:47:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Cour t (ICC) Ms. Fatou Bensouda has refuted [...] Full text...

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Rights group stresses freedom of expression

18 may 2009 - 22:05:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Honorary President of the International Federation f or Human Rights (FIDH) has again stressed the [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian Electoral Commission gets Chairman, Vice-Chairman

07 april 2009 - 18:06:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Despite growing resistance from political partie s opposed to the military coup in Mauritania, the junta [...] Full text...

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Sarkozy urged to stress need for free, fair polls in Congo

25 march 2009 - 17:44:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its affiliate organisations in Congo and France Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Sarkozy to visit 3 African countries from 26 March

25 march 2009 - 16:52:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will 26-27 March vi sit three African countries, the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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