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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday urged the international community not to close its eyes to atrocities like the Rwandan genocide. Ramaphosa, who attended commemorative events in Kigali to mark the 30th anniversary of the atrocity, described the genocide as darkest chapters in human history. Other dignitaries [...]
©- - 08 april 2024 - 16:15:50 - thread Politics (276 words)


Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - On Wednesday in Geneva, Morocco was elected to the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the year 2024. According to the Moroccan press, the Kingdom received 30 votes in favour of its candidacy, compared to 17 for South Africa, which testifies to the confidence [...]
©- - 10 january 2024 - 16:06:59 - thread Politics (277 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, Monday promised that his government would make greater efforts to protect the global values of human rights, in accordance with the principles of the Islamic religion.  made this pledge at a meeting with European [...]
©- - 11 december 2023 - 16:24:09 - thread Politics (263 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. This was in protest against the presence of "certain people who claim to be members of civil society [...]
©- - 04 july 2023 - 12:45:58 - thread Politics (544 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. The parliament urged the Algerian authorities to release all those arbitrarily detained and charged for exercising their right to [...]
©- - 12 may 2023 - 13:58:21 - thread Politics (227 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. He, [...]
©- - 19 april 2023 - 17:24:21 - thread Politics (262 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Permanent Representative to the UN, Issa Konfourou, Thursday gave details on evolution of the situation in Mali to members of the Security Council in New York, the Press Agency (AMAP) reported. The Malian envoy was speaking on the latest report of the Secretary General on the [...]
©- - 13 april 2023 - 14:34:24 - thread Politics (987 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, received here Wednesday the results of dialogues facilitated by a group of more than 500 Libyan participants from different segments of the society. The report was presented during a meeting with the Working Group on International Humanitarian Law [...]
©- - 15 march 2023 - 17:13:00 - thread Politics (270 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. The meeting, [...]
©- - 25 january 2023 - 19:40:53 - thread Politics (201 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. A statement issued on Saturday by the EU Delegation to Libya, stressed that the [...]
©- - 10 december 2022 - 14:51:59 - thread Politics (389 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. It labelled the Polisario "as a non-State entity and [...]
©- - 23 september 2022 - 18:16:09 - thread Politics (647 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. HRW said in its report that "the (Moroccan) authorities employ a whole manual of underhand techniques to repress opponents, while striving to keep Morocco's [...]
©- - 29 july 2022 - 20:46:58 - thread Politics (1203 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 [...]
©- - 22 july 2022 - 16:04:13 - thread Politics (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. In three written communications deploring the [...]
©- - 23 june 2022 - 21:14:00 - thread Politics (467 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United States Friday welcomed the release of many Libyans from prison, stressing that "no one should be arbitrarily arrested in Libya". The Chargé d'Affaires, Leslie Ordman, quoted by the US diplomatic mission in Libya, referred to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's assertion that human rights [...]
©- - 15 april 2022 - 18:27:17 - thread Politics (181 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Several actors of the African, American and European civil society denounced Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, the recruitment of Sahrawi children in the camps of Tindouf in Algeria. These actors were participating in a panel on the issue organized by the NGO "Africa Culture International" on the sidelines [...]
©- - 17 march 2022 - 14:45:16 - thread Politics (465 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". The Human Rights Office expressed this sentiment in the wake of the recent resumption of [...]
©- - 10 march 2022 - 17:15:48 - thread Politics (399 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. The central court in Spain granted Mr. Tarouzi leave [...]
©- - 28 july 2021 - 19:45:23 - thread Politics (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. PANA reports that on 16 June, 1976, hundreds of Soweto students [...]
©- - 16 june 2021 - 18:45:28 - thread Politics (319 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has welcomed the resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish an independent international commission of inquiry into human rights violations on the occupied Palestinian territories. The Council is also to look into the root causes of these violations, including methodical segregation and repression [...]
©- - 29 may 2021 - 15:11:59 - thread Politics (244 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, [...]
©- - 04 december 2020 - 14:30:49 - thread Politics (368 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty international said on Wednesday that with the approach of the presidential election set for April 2021, the increase in attacks on freedom of expression and association has reached worrying proportions in Chad. It noted the detention of activist Alain Kemba Didah, the systematic ban on gatherings [...]
©- - 02 december 2020 - 18:43:38 - thread Politics (356 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 [...]
©- - 01 december 2020 - 16:24:47 - thread Politics (337 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - United States Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland said here Saturday his country would take "concrete steps in response to gross human rights violations and corruption and against those who undermine peace or security and stability in Libya". The envoy made this known while commenting on his country's [...]
©- - 28 november 2020 - 13:46:33 - thread Politics (286 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). According to a statement by the [...]
©- - 23 october 2020 - 14:08:33 - thread Politics (281 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. Police prevented the young protesters, all [...]
©- - 09 october 2020 - 18:08:30 - thread Politics (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 [...]
©- - 06 october 2020 - 17:15:52 - thread Politics (850 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. The delegation, led by the secretary-general [...]
©- - 24 september 2020 - 15:54:17 - thread Politics (492 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. "It seems [...]
©- - 29 august 2020 - 14:37:30 - thread Politics (286 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Killing of civilians by armed groups in central Mali risk triggering a humanitarian disaster by undermining the right to work and the right to life of many farmers, Amnesty International said on Thursday. "The livelihoods of a significant number of the population in central Mali depend on [...]
©- - 09 july 2020 - 18:53:41 - thread Politics (393 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. President Tshisekedi promised on January 24, 2019, after his victory in the [...]
©- - 17 june 2020 - 19:40:03 - thread Politics (379 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. "France [...]
©- - 11 june 2020 - 00:29:00 - thread Politics (352 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 [...]
©- - 10 june 2020 - 15:07:03 - thread Politics (405 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, announced on Tuesday that Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, alias Ali Kushayb, the alleged leader of the Sudanese Janjawid militia, accused of abuses in Darfur Region and wanted since 2007, has been captured and transferred to [...]
©- - 10 june 2020 - 14:51:38 - thread Politics (483 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern about the 17 recent death sentences handed down by military courts in eastern Libya. In a statement issued on Friday, UNSMIL said that it has been informed that a  death penalty has been handed down against at [...]
©- - 23 may 2020 - 11:48:25 - thread Politics (220 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday rejected the claim for compensation and damages to the tune of Euros 68 million by Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was acquitted in 2018 of war crimes and crimes against humanity after spending ten years in prison [...]
©- - 20 may 2020 - 15:03:07 - thread Politics (323 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Human Rights League (LDH, France) have welcomed the arrest of Félicien Kabuga, an alleged financier of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.   The French judicial services apprehended Kabuga  on Saturday by and called for his prompt prosecution so that [...]
©- - 18 may 2020 - 15:45:16 - thread Politics (381 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International on Friday called on Nigerien authorities not to use the provisions of the cybercrime law to violate freedom of expression or for the arbitrary arrest and detention of dissidents and urged Niamey to criminalize all messages criticizing the measures against the Covid-19 pandemic.   "In the [...]
©- - 09 may 2020 - 15:51:03 - thread Politics (326 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - The spokeswoman for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agnès von der Mühll, said that the death last Friday in prison of Chadi Habache, a young Egyptian who was arrested for having caricatured President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi, is "worrying" and called for respect for international conventions [...]
©- - 04 may 2020 - 18:43:02 - thread Politics (275 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International Saturday welcomed the decision by the Chadian authorities to abolish the death penalty for terrorist acts, official sources said here. “It is encouraging to note that the Chadian authorities, despite the difficult security context linked to the attacks by the armed group Boko Haram, have [...]
©- - 02 may 2020 - 15:19:45 - thread Politics (267 words)


Paris, France (PANA)  - Amnesty International (AI) Friday strongly denounced the increase in the number of civilians killed by US air strikes in Somalia. It also expressed regret that no-one was held accountable while the victims of possible violations of international humanitarian law did not benefit from the slightest justice or [...]
©- - 03 april 2020 - 14:05:43 - thread Politics (368 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) on Monday launched a new campaign to break the silence surrounding the enforced disappearance of more than 130 men and boys who were arrested in their villages more than five years ago and have not been heard from since. Cameroonian security forces, as part [...]
©- - 10 march 2020 - 17:42:56 - thread Politics (493 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Thabo Mbeki has rubbed salt in the wounds of South Africa’s last white leader, FW De Klerk, by sending him the UN Convention declaration that apartheid was a crime against humanity. As previously reported by PANA, there was widespread anger over De Klerk’s [...]
©- - 27 february 2020 - 19:32:01 - thread Politics (227 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations in Guinea on Thursday asked the Guinean government to confine the army to the barracks to avoid tipping the country into a cycle of violence and uncontrollable repression even as the chief of staff launched [...]
©- - 27 february 2020 - 19:27:56 - thread Politics (394 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) denounced the execution of eight men by the Egyptian authorities in the early hours of the day in the Borg el Arab prison in Alexandria, saying that this act is in no way a means of rendering justice. The men were among the 17 [...]
©- - 27 february 2020 - 18:08:05 - thread Politics (356 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj, said on Monday that "Libya is going through exceptional circumstances due to outside interference". Addressing the 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, he said that "those [...]
©- - 24 february 2020 - 15:42:32 - thread Politics (672 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA)-The Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, will Monday address the 43rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCHR) in Geneva, Switzerland, where he will present the latest developments in the Libyan crisis. In a statement issued on Saturday evening, [...]
©- - 23 february 2020 - 12:01:42 - thread Politics (314 words)


Paris, France (PANA)  -  Essential programs to support 900 children already registered to be released from armed forces and groups in South Sudan could be suspended next month if the necessary funds do not arrive urgently, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned here Thursday. The UN agency said without urgent [...]
©- - 13 february 2020 - 21:39:11 - thread Politics (463 words)


Paris, France (PANA) - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Central African League for Human Rights (LCDH) welcomed the conviction Friday by the Central African justice system of five leaders of anti-balaka militias and 23 other militiamen under their orders. They were accused of the massacre in May [...]
©- - 08 february 2020 - 18:31:07 - thread Politics (380 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA)  -  Amnesty International Tuesday urged authorities in Tanzania to unconditionally free a human rights lawyer and a computer expert arrested last month and charged with non-bailable offence of organised crime and money-laundering. Tito Magoti, a lawyer working with the Dar es Salaam-based Legal and Human Right [...]
©- - 21 january 2020 - 23:28:23 - thread Politics (429 words)

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