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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - On Wednesday in Geneva, Morocco was elected to the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the year 2024

©- - 10 january 2024 - 16:06:59 - thread (275 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian delegation to the 138th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday refused to present its periodic report as planned on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland

©- - 04 july 2023 - 12:45:58 - thread (530 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Participants at a recent workshop organized with the support of the Human Rights and Rule of Law Section of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on the protection of Libyan human rights defenders stressed the need to support and encourage the valuable work of civil society and rights organizations

©- - 26 june 2023 - 17:59:32 - thread (196 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Almost two months into the armed clashes between the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo and the regular army of General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhane, the UN Human Rights Office expressed concern on Friday about the devastating impact that the fighting in Sudan continues to have on civilians, an official source said

©- - 09 june 2023 - 16:56:33 - thread (390 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- A report by a fact-finding mission of the UN Human Rights Office has concluded that there are strong indications that more than 500 people were killed - the vast majority summarily executed - by Malian troops and foreign military personnel during a five-day military operation in the village of Moura, in the Mopti region of central Mali, in March 2022

©- - 12 may 2023 - 14:58:39 - thread (569 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The European Parliament voted on Thursday in Strasbourg by 536 votes for, four against with 18 abstentions a resolution condemning human rights violations in Algeria, European media reported

©- - 12 may 2023 - 13:58:21 - thread (225 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A search took place on Tuesday at the home of former prime minister and number two in the Burundian regime, Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, on the orders of the public prosecutor's office, the Minister of the Interior, Community Development and Public Security, Martin Niteretse, announced on Wednesday

©- - 19 april 2023 - 17:24:21 - thread (258 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Government of National Unity, Najla al-Mangouch, and Minister of Justice, Halima Ibrahim Abderrahman, held a meeting Wednesday to discuss aspects of strengthening cooperation between the two ministries and the UN Fact Finding Mission in Libya

©- - 25 january 2023 - 19:40:53 - thread (201 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 26th edition of the Democratic Interrogation Space (EID) opened here Saturday within the framework of the International Human Rights Day, PANA learnt from an official source

©- - 10 december 2022 - 16:44:47 - thread (719 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and Member States reaffirmed here Saturday, on the occasion of the celebration of the International Human Rights Day, their full commitment to help Libya achieve stability and consolidate peace

©- - 10 december 2022 - 14:51:59 - thread (383 words)


Genève, Switzerland (PANA) - The 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, meeting on Thursday in Geneva (Switzerland), called on the international community to "hold the Polisario accountable for the massive violations committed against the residents of the camps" of Tindouf

©- - 23 september 2022 - 18:16:09 - thread (645 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Moroccan government has categorically denied "false and unfounded allegations" contained in the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Morocco published on Thursday

©- - 29 july 2022 - 20:46:58 - thread (1187 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern about the "wave of arbitrary arrests and detentions in eastern and western Libya following the 1 July demonstrations to protest against deteriorating living conditions and call for elections", calling for the immediate release of all detainees

©- - 22 july 2022 - 16:04:13 - thread (269 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The international NGO "Unity for Development Network" Thursday submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva the "alarming" situation of children and that prevailing in general in the refugee camps of Tindouf (Algeria), an informed source in Dakar said

©- - 23 june 2022 - 21:14:00 - thread (465 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has assured the families of victims of the massacres in the town of Tarhouna, 90 kilometres south-east of Tripoli, that the United Nations will support their quest for justice and accountability

©- - 11 may 2022 - 16:04:25 - thread (506 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed "serious concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in Algeria and the continuing and increasing repression against members of the pro-democracy Hirak movement"

©- - 10 march 2022 - 17:15:48 - thread (397 words)


Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - A Sahrawi civil society activist, Ahmed Tarouzi, said Wednesday in a statement before the Spanish judge, Santiago Pedraz, that the Polisario Front leader, Brahim Ghali, ordered the torture of prisoners in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria

©- - 28 july 2021 - 19:45:23 - thread (399 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said South African youths are currently facing more challenges than the youths of 1976 who rose up and sparked a revolution that saw the collapse of the Apartheid-era government

©- - 16 june 2021 - 18:45:28 - thread (319 words)


Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The UN Country Team in Madagascar, UN Human Rights and the Ministry of National Education have signed a landmark memorandum of understanding (MOU) to integrate basic human rights education into the curricula of primary and secondary schools throughout the country

©- - 14 april 2021 - 13:40:20 - thread (521 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The arrest in Germany on March 16, 2021, of an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member suspected of crimes against humanity is an important step for Gambian victims and international justice, Human Rights Watch said  Wednesday

©- - 17 march 2021 - 17:22:27 - thread (637 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The coronavirus pandemic has magnified and exacerbated some of the world’s greatest challenges, including in relation to human rights, democracy and the rule of law, according to the High Representative of the European Union

©- - 09 december 2020 - 14:36:21 - thread (288 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA - Former president of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo on Friday received two passports, one ordinary and one diplomatic from the  Ambassador Nogozene Bakayoko, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr Abou Dosso, Ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire to Belgium, his lawyer, Maitre Habiba Touré, confirmed in a statement

©- - 04 december 2020 - 14:30:49 - thread (360 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Four civil society organisations on Monday called on the Guinean government to "immediately release" Oumar Sylla, also known as Foniké Menguè, a member of the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) and deputy coordinator of Tournons La Page (TLP-Guinea), who has been in custody for two months at Conakry's central prison

©- - 01 december 2020 - 16:24:47 - thread (325 words)


Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco was on Thursday re-elected member of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) at the 8th Meeting of States Parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT)

©- - 23 october 2020 - 14:08:33 - thread (279 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Hundreds of young Tunisians took to Tunis streets on Thursday afternoon after holding a sit-in in front of the Tunisian Parliament as part of mobilization against what they considered "a controversial bill aimed at ensuring impunity for security forces", PANA reported

©- - 09 october 2020 - 18:08:30 - thread (271 words)


Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Chairman of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission to Libya (FFML), Mohamed Auajjar, said the UN Mission will ensure that all alleged perpetrators of crimes and human rights violations in Libya are held accountable to strict standards of impartiality and independence, promising "zero impunity" for those responsible for such acts

©- - 06 october 2020 - 17:15:52 - thread (842 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A delegation of the General Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) is in Burundi as part of a mission to inform and support the work of the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation (TRC), the public radio reported here Thursday

©- - 24 september 2020 - 15:54:17 - thread (482 words)


Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – In view of sharply escalating suffering and turmoil across the world, human rights principles, norms and actions offer effective solutions to build stronger resilience to shocks, and counter despair, by preventing social, economic and political instability, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Monday

©- - 14 september 2020 - 13:17:05 - thread (1279 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) believes that the ban on demonstrations until 15 September, announced by the Ivorian authorities on 19 August, violates the right to peaceful assembly guaranteed by international human rights standards and has called for the release of all those arrested during the demonstrations

©- - 29 august 2020 - 14:37:30 - thread (279 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - The Head of the Civil Party Collective for Rwanda, Alain Gauthier, known in France for his role in the search for those responsible for the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, says there are alleged perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide in France

©- - 27 july 2020 - 18:31:10 - thread (592 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International has said that President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, did not fulfill promises he made during his inauguration, leaving hundreds of families whose members were killed in pre-election crisis

©- - 17 june 2020 - 19:40:03 - thread (377 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - France Wednesday welcomed the surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, alias Ali Kushayb, the alleged leader of the Janjawid militia, accused of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur and wanted since 2007, an official source said here

©- - 11 june 2020 - 00:29:00 - thread (344 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC), Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Tuesday called on the Sudanese government to transfer to the Court Omar El Béchir, Abdel Raheem Hussein, Ahmad Harun and Abdallah Banda, suspects still on the run, with a view to their trial on the situation in Darfur or failing to initiate legal proceedings against them

©- - 10 june 2020 - 15:07:03 - thread (403 words)