‘Stop torture in Rwanda’: Human Rights Watch
15 october 2024 - 12:49:40Rubavu, Western Rwanda (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the authorities in Rwanda to stop subjecting people to [...] Full text...
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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...
Libyan Prime Minister forms committee to secure Tripoli
25 august 2024 - 15:18:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba has formed a committee headed by the Minister of the [...] Full text...
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Benin prisoners penned into overcrowded, dirty cells - Rights group
01 august 2024 - 08:29:15Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Prisoners in Benin were subjected to filthy, overcrowded cells and denied clean water and medical treatment [...] 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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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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WHO reports major increase in sexually transmitted infections
22 may 2024 - 04:40:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis are on the rise in most regions of the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions
04 april 2024 - 20:10:02Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: 'UN resolution must pave way for enduring ceasefire to alleviate mass suffering in Gaza'
26 march 2024 - 08:45:49New York, US (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has called for the immediate implementation of Monday's UN Security [...] Full text...
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Cancer screening for women in Benin's prisons
20 march 2024 - 15:54:32Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The second cancer screening campaign for women in Benin's prisons was launched on Tuesday at the [...] Full text...
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UN torture expert issues calls for pandemic-proof prisons
10 march 2024 - 07:08:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN independent expert on Friday called on States to review prison management practices and policies to [...] Full text...
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UN crime prevention chief pledges enhanced cooperation in Somalia
05 march 2024 - 06:28:44Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Waly has highlighted [...] 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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Senegal govt cracks down on opposition, media, civil society ahead February polls: HRW
22 january 2024 - 08:28:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The authorities in Senegal have cracked down on the opposition, media, and civil society, ahead of general [...] Full text...
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HRW denounces persistence of impunity in Libya for perpetrators of human rights violations
13 january 2024 - 14:12:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Armed groups and militias in Libya continue to commit violations against Libyans and illegal migrants in [...] Full text...
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Libya to create specialized institute for judicial police and development of prison infrastructures
22 december 2023 - 17:37:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Participants at a symposium on the theme "Towards safer and more humane prisons", organized by the [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM reaffirms efforts to protect, promote human rights
12 december 2023 - 10:47:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba has underlined the efforts made by his government to protect [...] Full text...
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Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organised crime
07 december 2023 - 19:24:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called for stronger action to fight the growing challenge of transnational organized [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM calls for end to all cases of enforced disappearance in Libyan prisons
29 november 2023 - 17:31:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, stressed the need [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day
27 november 2023 - 14:53:46Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate Gazans in the north of the enclave had their first sip of clean water in [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone lifts indefinite curfew as calm restored after Sunday's 'unrest'
27 november 2023 - 10:51:36Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio has lifted the indefinite nationwide curfew imposed on the country following [...] Full text...
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LEAD: ECOWAS condemns 'disturbances' in Sierra Leone
26 november 2023 - 17:40:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the ongoing unrest in Sierra Leone [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN delivers more aid into Gaza on first day of humanitarian pause
25 november 2023 - 07:27:29Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The United Nations was able to scale up delivery of humanitarian assistance into and across Gaza [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians
24 november 2023 - 15:26:36Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Trucks with relief supplies continued to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt on Friday [...] Full text...
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Libya: Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation
22 august 2023 - 19:03:41New York, US (PANA) - Recent deadly clashes between two largest armed groups in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, underscore the [...] Full text...
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Kenya Police in Kenyatta family home raids
21 july 2023 - 23:35:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The home of former President Uhuru Kenyatta's son was raided on Friday in what the interior [...] Full text...
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Call for the consolidation of unity, stability in Libya through role of tribal notables
30 april 2023 - 17:51:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, Saturday underlined the role of dignitaries [...] Full text...
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Libyan Justice Minister calls for compliance with human rights standards in Libyan prisons
15 april 2023 - 14:43:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Justice in the Government of National Unity, Halima Ibrahim Abderrahman, has urged [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily hails Benghazi meeting between Libyan military leaders as pillar of reconciliation in Libya
08 april 2023 - 18:47:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Abdoulaye Bathily, said here Saturday the meeting between members [...] Full text...
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Libya again accused of violations against migrants, despite heavy toll as transit country
06 april 2023 - 20:16:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The latest report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya to the Human Rights Council on [...] Full text...
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Libyan Sovereign Committee denounces report of Independent Fact-Finding Mission on situation of migrants in Libya
04 april 2023 - 15:02:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Sovereign Committee formed by the Libyan Presidential Council has expressed reservations on the report of [...] Full text...
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UN experts call on South Africa to create torture prevention body
14 march 2023 - 05:59:07Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa must swiftly set up a watchdog mechanism to examine prisons, detention centres, and [...] 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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Libyan PM calls for strong judiciary
21 february 2023 - 15:06:52dTripoli, Libya (PANA) - The consolidation and development of Libya's judicial institutions confirm the restoration of the state's authority and [...] Full text...
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UN investigators call on Libyan authorities to provide justice for victims of human rights violations
30 january 2023 - 14:21:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission to Libya has called on the Libyan authorities to take decisive [...] Full text...
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UN rights expert urges Libyan authorities to take urgent action to protect women from abuse
25 december 2022 - 15:29:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN human rights expert has called on the Libyan authorities to take urgent steps to [...] 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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Libyan Ministry of Health pledges to improve health services for prisoners
23 november 2022 - 13:26:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Abu Janah, has affirmed that the [...] Full text...
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Rights groups say 19 Sahrawi activists continue t languish in Moroccan jail
08 november 2022 - 08:39:32RightsTunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Nineteen Sahrawi activists languish in prison years after Moroccan courts convicted them in unfair proceedings, Human Rights [...] Full text...
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Suspected instigators of South Africa riots appear in court
12 august 2022 - 12:26:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty-two people alleged to have instigated the violent rioting in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and [...] Full text...
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Some 4,403 people living with Hepatitis C in Mauritius
29 july 2022 - 08:08:34Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health authorities said on Thursday that some 4,403 people were living with Hepatitis C, out [...] Full text...
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WHO supports new long-acting prevention HIV drug cabotegravir
29 july 2022 - 06:13:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency on Thursday recommended the use of a new long-acting “safe and highly [...] Full text...
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Overall situation in Libya 'highly volatile', says senior UN official
26 july 2022 - 05:35:38New York, US (PANA) - The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political [...] Full text...
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Half of prisoners in Mauritius linked to drugs
05 july 2022 - 08:07:49Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Annually, some 3,400 out of 7,000 prisoners, are linked to drugs due to a rise in [...] Full text...
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UN highlights need to speed up progress towards national elections in Libya
28 june 2022 - 05:13:47New York, US (PANA) - Leaders in Libya must resolve outstanding issues so that long-awaited presidential and parliamentary elections can [...] Full text...
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UN uncovers human trafficking at camp in Malawi
13 june 2022 - 05:16:43Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - The widespread exploitation of men, women and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe top woman prison officer with UN Mission in CAR wins first ever Trailblazer Award
08 june 2022 - 05:29:27New York, US (PANA) - The creator of a women-only rapid intervention team who leads riot control activities inside the [...] 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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Mauritius to develop sustainable system for plant propagation at Prison Service
05 may 2022 - 07:48:33Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and the Mauritius Prisons Service (MPS) have agreed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: One death, 233 positive cases recorded in Mauritius
23 february 2022 - 14:12:38Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Wednesday the death of a female detainee, Tuesday, in hospital, following [...] Full text...
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Top Libyan officials discuss prison conditions and prisoners' rights
09 february 2022 - 13:12:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Tuesday met with the First Deputy [...] Full text...
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Pretoria secures Mandela's prison door key
07 january 2022 - 07:18:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has secured the release of former President Nelson Mandela’s Robben Island prison [...] Full text...
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Former heads of state Dadis Camara and Sékouba Konaté allowed to return to Guinea
01 december 2021 - 13:59:48Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Twenty-four hours after easing the detention of former President Alpha Conde (83), the president of the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan prisons commander fired after terror convicts jail break
17 november 2021 - 17:36:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Prisons Commissioner-General, Wycliffe Ogalo, was fired on Wednesday and immediately arrested following the escape [...] Full text...
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Libyan officials discuss preparations for international conference on transitional justice
15 november 2021 - 11:02:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, on Sunday discussed with the Minister [...] Full text...
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Serious human rights violations in Libya, UN report
07 october 2021 - 20:25:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The chairman of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, Mohamed Aujjar, presented on Thursday the first [...] Full text...
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UN fact-finding mission finds evidence of war crimes committed in Libya
04 october 2021 - 14:50:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – There are reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes have been committed in Libya, while violence [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch calls for Investigation into rape of female inmates in prison riots
20 september 2021 - 05:34:25Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A human rights advocate says the authorities in DR Congo have made no apparent progress investigating [...] Full text...
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Eritrea pressed to free journalists, politicians held over two decades in jail
17 september 2021 - 17:31:14Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - Eritrean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 21 journalists and politicians arrested in a sweeping crackdown [...] Full text...
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Terror bandits free 240 inmates from Kabba jail in north-central Nigeria
13 september 2021 - 17:33:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Correctional Centre on Monday confirmed that 240 inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial [...] Full text...
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Libyan papers highlight tensions over preps for polls in Libya, demobilisation of armed groups
15 august 2021 - 14:23:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Organisation of general elections in Libya in accordance with the roadmap of the Libyan Political Dialogue [...] Full text...
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Libya deports to Niger 85 Daech fighters and their families
14 august 2021 - 12:05:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 84 former fighters of the Islamic State (Daech) who were detained in Libya, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius records 173 new cases
06 august 2021 - 06:44:44Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that they detected 173 positive cases of COVID-19, [...] 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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Coronavirus: Mauritius opens vaccination centres to all citizens
31 july 2021 - 07:14:24Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will open all its 17 vaccination centres around the island to every citizen who [...] Full text...
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Prison population surge triggers overcrowding, COVID casualties - UN study
17 july 2021 - 07:07:38New York, US (PANA) - One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a [...] Full text...
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Secessionist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, extradited back to Nigeria, arrainged in court
29 june 2021 - 16:56:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been extradited back to [...] Full text...
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EU set to ease Burundi's economic pain
23 june 2021 - 21:50:43Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is set to lift the first economic embargo against Burundi in 43 [...] Full text...
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Libyan Ambassador to the UN calls for respect for outcome of Berlin Conference and Security Council resolutions
22 may 2021 - 12:43:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher al-Sonni, has called on all countries to commit [...] Full text...
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Libyan delegate to UN reiterates primacy of justice over citizens
18 may 2021 - 13:43:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher al-Sonni, has reaffirmed the primacy of Libyan justice [...] Full text...
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Fatou Bensouda set to collaborate with Libyan government on responsibility of crimes committed in Libya
17 may 2021 - 23:34:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The public prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Dr. Fatou Bensouda, said here Monday there [...] Full text...
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Libyan Justice ministry, UNDP meet on follow up of justice and security project
07 april 2021 - 23:28:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A follow-up meeting here Wednesday brought together officials of the Libyan ministry of Justice of the [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says hundreds languishing in detention in Cote d'Ivoire following presidential election unrest
27 march 2021 - 07:41:17Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Hundreds of people in Côte d’Ivoire are languishing in dire conditions in prison after being arrested during [...] Full text...
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UN envoy hails Libya's new national gov't after years of ‘paralysis and internal divisions’
25 march 2021 - 05:33:47New York, US (PANA) - After years of “paralysis and internal divisions”, progress towards a lasting peace through stable national [...] Full text...
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Some 1.4 million TB patients lost out on treatment during first year of COVID-19
23 march 2021 - 05:46:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 1.4 million fewer people received necessary care for tuberculosis (TB) during 2020 compared with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Prisoners forgotten in pandemic, as crisis grows in detention facilities
19 march 2021 - 05:31:35London, UK (PANA) - Prisoners around the world have been forgotten during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report [...] 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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Ethiopian activists, opposition leaders on hunger strike, says rights body
05 february 2021 - 23:00:50Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian opposition leader and political change activist, Jawar Mohammed, and 22 others, held in pre-trial [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian rights body seeks improved prison conditions, rights to opposition parties
26 january 2021 - 10:20:35Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has called for humane treatment of prisoners and guaranteed freedoms [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Malian president pardons 91 prisoners to check infections in prisons
10 december 2020 - 18:56:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian President Bah N'Daw has paroled 91 inmates due to the coronavirus pandemic which has infected [...] Full text...
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Benin: Two prison officials arrested after escape from Akpro-Missérété prison
22 november 2020 - 11:13:26Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Governors of the civil prisons of Akpro-Missérété, about 40 km from the capital, have been arrested [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court orders Nigeria to pay 20 million Naira to former death row convicts
19 november 2020 - 14:12:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A panel of three judges of the ECOWAS Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered the Federal [...] Full text...
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‘Gambia continues to remain vigilant to prevent, contain and manage spread of virus’- Jallow
13 november 2020 - 20:19:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dawda A. Jallow said here Friday that the West [...] Full text...
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ICC Prosecutor calls for Libya ceasefire progress
10 november 2020 - 19:31:05New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is urging Libya’s warring parties to implement [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rollout of new WHO-approved rapid tests 'a game changer' for Africa
23 october 2020 - 07:22:15Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The rollout of new, World Health Organization (WHO) approved antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests for the novel coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé released - presidency
08 october 2020 - 21:20:57Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, abducted by Jihadists since 25 March while campaigning near Niafunke, in [...] Full text...
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Nigerien civil society activists released after more than six months in detention
30 september 2020 - 12:26:00Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Three Nigerien civil society activists who have been in detention for the past six months have [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian migrants abandoned, abused in Saudi Arabian prisons, says rights body
28 september 2020 - 22:33:15Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) says it has carried out an investigation which has exposed details about [...] Full text...
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Football: Burundi and Tanzania start new seasons
09 september 2020 - 16:29:23Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Burundian and Tanzanian Premier Leagues were the first on the continent to kick off their [...] Full text...
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Jailed Zimbabwe investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono finally set free
02 september 2020 - 22:19:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Jailed investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was Wednesday finally granted bail in the sum of ZWL10,000 (US$120.01) [...] Full text...
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Prominent Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono's health deteriorates in Zimbabwean prison
01 september 2020 - 17:35:05Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's jailed prominent journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono, is now unwell at the country's notorious Chikurubi Maximam Security [...] Full text...
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Madagascar: Rights body condemns killing of 22 inmates
25 august 2020 - 22:14:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International Tuesday condemned Madagascan security forces' recent killing of 22 inmates escaping from Farafangana Prison [...] Full text...
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AI says coronavirus-hit prisons still full of human rights defenders, as attacks continue
06 august 2020 - 05:21:26Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Governments who were lauded for releasing prisoners in response to COVID-19 outbreaks have excluded human rights [...] Full text...
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Young Africans FC finish second in Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League
26 july 2020 - 18:56:19Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (PANA) – Tanzanian soccer giants, Young Africans (Yanga), finished second behind their traditional rivals, Simba SC [...] Full text...
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Curtain falls on Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League as players honour departed former president
26 july 2020 - 14:09:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (PANA) - The curtain falls on Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League (VPL) 2019/20 season on Sunday when [...] Full text...
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WHO aims at hepatitis-free world by 2030
26 july 2020 - 10:24:05Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on all countries to work together to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rwandan senior Prison officer arrested for favouring some prisoners during COVID-19 lockdown
23 july 2020 - 18:36:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the senior officers of the Rwanda Correctional Services has been arrested following an investigation [...] Full text...
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Simba SC retain Tanzanian soccer championship
28 june 2020 - 20:52:03Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (PANA) - Simba SC Sunday retained Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League (VPL) championship after amassing 79 points [...] Full text...
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Judicial association recommends end to institutional torture and violence in Tunisia
26 june 2020 - 22:50:53Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Association of Tunisian Magistrates (AMT) said here Friday the publication of a report of the [...] Full text...
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More than 1million people are in need of humanitarian aid in Libya, says Stephanie Willams
19 june 2020 - 18:58:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Stephanie Williams told the United Nations Human Rights Council [...] Full text...
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UN official raises concern over increasing retaliatory acts as battle lines shift in Libya
19 june 2020 - 13:42:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – One million people are now in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in Libya, including [...] Full text...
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First batch of 79 Rwandans released from Uganda prisons return home Monday
08 june 2020 - 15:26:41Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The first group of 79 Rwandans who were detained in various Ugandan prisons are due to [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s truth commission resumes public hearings
08 june 2020 - 14:05:40Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission resumed public hearings on Monday after a recess since [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya records 31 new cases in prisons, national pandemic tally remains 1,888
31 may 2020 - 14:03:43Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Public Health officials have evacuated 31 inmates who turned positive for COVID-19 at the Nairobi Remand [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s truth commission to resume public hearings on June 8
26 may 2020 - 13:28:50Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission will on June 8 resume public hearings, which it [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya's refugee camps, contact tracing now becoming stressful in fight against Covid-19
25 may 2020 - 21:29:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A new coronavirus case has been reported at a refugee camp in Kakuma, northern Kenya, home [...] Full text...
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Togo adds 9 new cases of coronavirus to reach 363 infections
23 may 2020 - 16:44:55Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has registered 9 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Togo to screen all prisoners
22 may 2020 - 17:51:42Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo says it will systematically screen inmates in all prisons across the country in order to [...] Full text...
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RSF wants UN rapporteur to effect release of imprisoned Cameroonian journalist Amadou Vamoulké
22 may 2020 - 16:52:40Paris, France (PANA) - The NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Friday that it had referred Amadou Vamoulké, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Eritrean detainees live in crowded, filthy prison cells
21 may 2020 - 20:50:31Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) – Amnesty International has decried the overcrowding and the filthy conditions in which detainees in Eritrea are [...] Full text...
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Senegal to amend its penal code, convicts to serve terms under electronic surveillance
21 may 2020 - 19:49:57Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese government on Wednesday adopted two bills amending the penal code, one of which will [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for 'appropriate public health measures’ to protect detainees from virus
13 may 2020 - 19:41:19New York, US (PANA) - UN agency chiefs on Wednesday highlighted the heightened vulnerability to COVID-19 of detainees, and others [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: EU donates 2.5 million euros to Guinea for the fight against Covid-19
12 may 2020 - 16:31:38Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The European Union (EU) on Monday donated 2.5 million euros to Guinea to enable the west [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 365 prisoners released in Congo due to coronavirus
09 may 2020 - 15:02:15Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Some 365 prisoners have been released from the prisons in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire because of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa to release 19,000 prisoners to address virus threat
08 may 2020 - 11:02:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday authorised the parole of 19,000 prisoners in order to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN teams step up efforts to protect rights in prisons, as revolts intensify worldwide
06 may 2020 - 06:42:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As senior UN officials spread the alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) through prisons [...] Full text...
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Fatou Bensouda calls on international community to back ICC to end impunity in Libya
05 may 2020 - 22:54:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, Tuesday called on the international community [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Amnesty International calls for release of all prisoners of conscience worldwide amidst pandemic
04 may 2020 - 11:22:06Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria to repatriate 60 of 73 Nigerians in Tanzanian prisons
23 april 2020 - 13:20:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal government has secured the release of 60 out of 73 Nigerians jailed in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari writes Nigeria's Chief Justice over COVID-19, demands urgent measures to decongest prisons
21 april 2020 - 21:33:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday called for urgent measures towards the speedy trial of cases to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases rise to 28
21 april 2020 - 21:23:12Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has recorded three new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, increasing the total to 28 as [...] Full text...
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Alleged Tunisian terrorists from Libya arrested
21 april 2020 - 20:55:03Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Several individuals sued by Tunisian courts and wanted by the security forces were arrested Tuesday and [...] Full text...
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Hundreds of Tunisians stranded in Libya try to break through border to return home
20 april 2020 - 19:29:55Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – About 400 Tunisians stranded in Libya on Monday forced the border point of Ras Jedir, breaking [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Amnesty International calls for protection of detainees at risk of virus
20 april 2020 - 07:04:09Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International is asking authorities in sub-Saharan Africa to take urgent action to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: DR Congo's prisons face catastrophe
19 april 2020 - 13:33:10Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Overcrowded and unsanitary prisons in Democratic Republic of Congo are at grave risk of COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Gabon has 87 confirmed cases of coronavirus
16 april 2020 - 13:05:25Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon has registered seven new cases of coronavirus infection, bringing the number of people tested positive [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana’s President pardons prisoners
12 april 2020 - 10:50:28Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi is to pardon scores of prisoners during the country’s state of emergency [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: ICRC raises red flag on Libyans caught between bombs, pandemic
12 april 2020 - 09:45:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of Libyans are caught in an intensifying conflict as COVID-19 (coronavirus) threatens to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mauritius frees 494 prisoners
11 april 2020 - 14:06:30Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian prison service on Saturday released 494 inmates due to the spread of coronavirus on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic has worsened living conditions of migrants in Libya (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
10 april 2020 - 11:33:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) has disrupted life in Libya. Particularly affected are the most vulnerable [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Civil society organizations call for release of journalists imprisoned in 10 African countries
08 april 2020 - 07:57:13Paris, France (PANA) - Eighty-one civil society organizations grouped in a coalition on Tuesday sent a letter to 10 African [...] Full text...
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COVID 19: ICRC urges authorities to protect health of detainees, staff
07 april 2020 - 23:42:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesday called on prison authorities around the world [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: GNA releases 1,347 detainees to ease congestion in Libyan jails
07 april 2020 - 15:03:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 1,347 inmates of prisons in several Libyan cities have been released to reduce [...] Full text...
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Former Chadian President Hissein Habré granted leave from prison
07 april 2020 - 11:36:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former Chadian President Hissein Habré was granted leave on Monday from the Cap Manuel prison in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rights group urges governments to respect rights of older people
07 april 2020 - 07:58:18New York, Ghana (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged Governments to respect the rights of older people in [...] Full text...
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Amnesty Intl urges Eritrea to decongest prisons, release political prisoners
03 april 2020 - 22:04:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eritrean-American Ciham Ali Ahmed, a prisoner of conscience, turned 23 years old on Friday in an unknown [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 1,207 detainees released in Burkina Faso
02 april 2020 - 21:13:26Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè government Thursday announced the release of 1,207 detainees to avoid the spread of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 1,048 prisoners released in Togo as prevention measure
02 april 2020 - 17:35:16Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, on preventive measures against Covid-19, has pardoned 1,048 prisoners across the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisian President pardons 1,420 prisoners
01 april 2020 - 13:18:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied has paroled 1,420 prisoners in addition to others pardoned less than two [...] Full text...
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Niger announces state of health emergency, curfew to counter coronavirus
28 march 2020 - 12:11:08Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou announced new health, economic and social measures in a message to the [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President pardons over 2,000 prisoners in combating COVID-19
27 march 2020 - 16:19:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has pardoned 2,036 inmates in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Judicial police free 82 detainees from Tripoli prison to prevent spread of coronavirus
26 march 2020 - 13:40:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 82 detainees in the new penitentiary and rehabilitation centre at Tripoli central prison [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ethiopia decongests prisons, gears for local resources to battle coronavirus
25 march 2020 - 23:24:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has pardoned 4,000 prisoners and donated his monthly salary to [...] Full text...
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Urgent action needed to prevent COVID-19 “rampaging through places of detention” – Bachelet
25 march 2020 - 18:56:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on governments to take urgent action [...] Full text...
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Tunisia refuses to reveal identiies of perpetrators of the Friday attack
07 march 2020 - 18:17:05Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - More than 24 hours after the bombing on Friday by two suicide bombers in front of [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Regional network shares experience of dialogue with radical Islamists
06 march 2020 - 17:45:45Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania shared its experience of dialogue with elements of radical Islamist groups detained during 2010, which [...] Full text...
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More than 140 Tunisian children stranded in fighting zones
05 march 2020 - 22:12:05Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – More than 140 Tunisian children are currently stranded in the armed conflict zones in Syria (104) [...] Full text...
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Tunisian rights body deplores persistence of torture in Tunisian prisons
05 march 2020 - 07:05:35Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Secretary-General of the Tunisian anti-torture organisation, Mondher Cherni, on Wednesday deplored the persistence of violence, [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Prison administrators in West and North Africa meet in Nouakchott
03 march 2020 - 14:54:31Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouakchott is hosting a four-day meeting of the Colorado Network for Penitentiary Emergence in West and [...] Full text...
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Botswana hangs death row inmate
22 february 2020 - 12:53:18Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has executed a 29 year-old man for a murder offence committed in 2014. Wamorena Molefhe, the [...] Full text...
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South Africa commemorates Mandela’s historic release
11 february 2020 - 09:30:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the day Nelson Mandela was [...] Full text...
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Kigali welcomes Kampala's decision to release "illegally detained" Rwandan citizens
09 january 2020 - 00:39:08Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Vincent Biruta, on Wednesday welcomed a decision by [...] Full text...
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Burundian president pardons large category of detainees this year
02 january 2020 - 21:24:16Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza Thursday pardoned a large number of prisoners on the occasion of his [...] Full text...
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UN Human Rights chief raises concern about deteriorating rights situation in Libya
20 december 2019 - 14:05:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday expressed concern about [...] 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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Man executed in Botswana for murder
02 december 2019 - 10:58:28Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Prison Service on Monday announced the execution of a man for murdering his employer [...] Full text...
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Tanzania picks squad for CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
29 november 2019 - 15:14:22Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania national team chief coach, Etienne Ndayiragije, has named a 32-man provisional squad in [...] Full text...
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Niger to reform its prison system
26 november 2019 - 15:33:28Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A meeting of the State / Partners Consultation Framework on Justice and Human Rights in Niger [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde's prison guards on strike for a pay increase
21 november 2019 - 12:43:46Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's prison guards began a 72-hour strike on Tuesday demanding, among other things, a [...] Full text...
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Malians prisoners in Guinea return home
14 november 2019 - 17:39:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 460 young Malians, imprisoned in Guinea in the "so-called QNET" case, have just [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International raises appalling human rights 'red flags' ahead of presidential election
13 november 2019 - 09:25:11Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Amnesty International said in a new report on Wednesday that the Guinean authorities must address mounting [...] Full text...
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Tunis denies information on return of Tunisian fighters from hotbeds
11 november 2019 - 18:33:44Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of the Interior has described as "unsubstantiated and designed to 'terrorize' public opinion", [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON qualifiers: Tanzania coach unveils squad for Libya, Guinea encounters
06 november 2019 - 23:50:26Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania national football team (Taifa Stars) head coac Etienne Ndayiragije Wednesday named a 27-man [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: 170 films to feature at 2019 Carthage cinema days
20 october 2019 - 19:16:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 170 films, including 44 vying for honours, will feature at the Carthage cinematographic days (JCC), [...] Full text...
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Congo's rights commission calls for improvement of detention conditions
19 october 2019 - 18:21:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) on Friday asked the authorities in Brazzaville to enhance [...] Full text...
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Tanzania police probe mysterious disappearance of computers from state prosecutor's office
19 october 2019 - 09:28:28Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Police in Tanzania are investigating the puzzling theft of computers from the office of [...] Full text...
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Six militiamen killed in clash with police in DR Congo city
12 october 2019 - 14:59:30Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Six Bakata Katanga militiamen were killed on Friday in a clash with police in Rwashi [...] Full text...
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Niger’s prison services trained on prison management
29 september 2019 - 20:14:45Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The international committee of the Red Cross (CICR) Sunday held a training workshop for staff of [...] Full text...
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Drug trafficking: ENACT research finds Africa’s drugs crisis stimulated by poor policy
26 september 2019 - 12:42:08New York, US (PANA) - A looming drugs crisis in Africa is being made worse by ineffective drug policy, fuelled [...] Full text...
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Africa’s drugs crisis stimulated by poor policy - ENACT
24 september 2019 - 23:41:28New York, United States (PANA) - A new research report on transnational organized crime released here Tuesday says a looming [...] Full text...
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'Health situation in Zimbabwe's prisons pose a threat to inmates' - Report
21 september 2019 - 05:04:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local human rights and governance think tank, Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), has said that the [...] Full text...
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Prisoners in Mauritius train to become entrepreneurs
19 september 2019 - 13:43:29Melrose, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius Prison Service and SME Mauritius Ltd on Thursday launched a business plan for inmates, in [...] Full text...
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AI urges Pope Francis to raise human rights concerns during Madagascar, Mozambique visits
03 september 2019 - 05:32:12Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights organisation Amnesty International has called on Pope Francis to raise urgent human rights [...] Full text...
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Senegalese government announces introduction of electronic bracelet into judicial system
30 august 2019 - 22:45:33Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese minister of Justice Malick Sall on Friday announced the possibility to introduce shortly the wearing [...] Full text...
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120 Malians repatriated from Libya
30 august 2019 - 13:25:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 120 Malian migrants, including 19 women, repatriated from Libya have arrived home. The Minister [...] Full text...
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Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe leap to defence of detained Tourism minister Mupfumira
28 july 2019 - 13:33:10Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Opposition leaders have come to the defence of detained Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Prisca Mupfumira, [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso gov't announces measures for safety of people in custody
26 july 2019 - 09:02:08Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Cabinet on Thursday announced measures to prevent tragedies in the country's prisons following [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian president orders audit of prisons, release of innocent inmates
19 july 2019 - 13:46:53Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has ordered an audit of all prisons across the [...] Full text...
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Civil society calls for an end to arbitrary imprisonment on the eve of "Nelson Mandela Day" in Burundi
17 july 2019 - 15:51:32Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The association, "Solidarity with prisoners and their families" (SPF, independent), on Wednesday appealed to the Burundi [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian President visits inmates, listens to their grievances
16 july 2019 - 19:13:34Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - In a rare gesture by a sitting president, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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UN expert highlights nexus between organised crime and terrorism
10 july 2019 - 05:41:39New York, US (PANA) - The less predictable threats represented by small-time criminals who have opportunistically embraced terrorism, are a [...] Full text...
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Gambia's TRRC resumes sittings
08 july 2019 - 12:09:00Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) Monday resumed sittings which were suspended last month following [...] Full text...
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Military Council pardons all POWS in good will gesture
03 july 2019 - 18:12:13Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese military Council on Wednesday issued a decree ordering the release of over 230 prisoners [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe government must adopt the United Nations Convention against Torture - Veritas
28 june 2019 - 18:48:51Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local legal think tank, Veritas, says the Zimbabwe government must adopt the United Nations (UN) Convention [...] Full text...
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Sudan Military Council reverses decision on peacekeepers' locations in Darfur
23 june 2019 - 18:25:20Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has issued a decree saying the locations to be evacuated [...] Full text...
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UN expert on torture suspends Comoros visit after continued obstructions
18 june 2019 - 12:48:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, has suspended his official visit to Comoros, expressing regrets [...] Full text...
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Rights groups demand independent investigation into former Egyptian president Morsi's death
18 june 2019 - 04:57:20Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights groups have expressed shock at the death in custody on Monday of former Egyptian [...] Full text...
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2019 AFCON: Tanzania names final squad
12 june 2019 - 12:14:27Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The head coach Tanzania national football team, Taifa Stars, Emmanuel Amunike, on Wednesday named [...] Full text...
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2019 AFCON: Tanzania's 32-man provisional team
10 june 2019 - 07:08:43Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The following is the provisional team of the Tanzanian national football team, Taifa Stars, who [...] Full text...
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Mauritius opens first Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Unit in Prison
03 june 2019 - 13:03:34Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Monday opened a Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Unit, the first of its kind [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch joins calls for release of recently arrested civic leaders in Zimbabwe
30 may 2019 - 14:45:08Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has joined growing calls to release seven recently incarcerated civic leaders and [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe human rights lawyers condemn ‘deplorable’ prison conditions
28 may 2019 - 14:00:08Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has condemned the increasingly deteriorating state of affairs in Zimbabwe’s [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso Minister calls for efficient judiciary in fight against terrorism
28 may 2019 - 05:34:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Minister of Justice, Réné Bagoro, said on Monday in Ouagadougou that it has [...] Full text...
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UN official in Libya, Justice Minister discuss situation of human rights
27 may 2019 - 11:58:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Minister of Justice of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Mohamed Abdelwahid Abdelhamid, on [...] Full text...
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2019 AFCON: Tanzania’s Taifa Stars to camp in Egypt ahead of finals
26 may 2019 - 15:59:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The Tanzania national soccer team, popularly known as Taifa Stars, will assemble in Dar [...] Full text...
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SADC launches Regional Women’s Network for Prison Services
15 may 2019 - 20:25:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - To facilitate the SADC Protocol on Gender and indeed the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) [...] Full text...
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Kagame mentions attempts by "negative forces" to destabilise Rwanda
08 may 2019 - 16:22:19Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday warned of “strong countermeasures” due to the presence of "negative [...] Full text...
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Sectoral dialogue on justice at heart of exchanges between Congo and EU
07 may 2019 - 21:49:00Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government and the European Union (EU) Tuesday organised a sectoral dialogue on justice as [...] Full text...
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AI denounces sexual violence in Nigeria's Borno State prisons
01 may 2019 - 12:57:51Paris, France (PANA) – Sexual violence is committed by security agents and detainees against children and women in two high [...] Full text...
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Former DR Congo soldier found guilty of rape, use of child soldiers
19 april 2019 - 09:36:32Goma, DR Congo (PANA) – A Congolese military court’s conviction of a warlord for the war crimes of rape and [...] Full text...
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Mali: 92 cases, most of them criminal, will be tried by the Assize Court
15 april 2019 - 19:33:47Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 92 cases, most of them crimes (murders, patricides, infanticides), will be tried during [...] Full text...
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