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24 december 2025 - 07:53:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A committee appointed by the UN Human Rights Council has warned that Burundi has acted in [...] Full text...
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Constitutional order faltering in West Africa and the Sahel - UN official
19 december 2025 - 07:49:09New York, US (PANA) - West Africa and the Sahel are moving forward in the open. Between successive coups d'état, [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: World urged not to ignore ‘gruesome sexual violence’
18 december 2025 - 15:02:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Harrowing new details emerged on Thursday in a UN report detailing targeted sexual violence and summary [...] Full text...
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Journalists killed in Gaza: the tragic toll of Israeli military operations since October 2023
17 december 2025 - 05:43:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between October 2023 and mid-December 2025, 289 journalists lost their lives during Israeli military operations in [...] Full text...
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UK sanctions Sudan's paramilitary commanders responsible for atrocities
12 december 2025 - 12:15:31Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Kingdom on Friday sanctioned senior commanders of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [...] Full text...
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US sanctions Colombian nationals, companies helping paramilitary RSF in Sudan war
09 december 2025 - 18:12:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned four individuals and four entities for their role in fuelling [...] Full text...
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Sudan must address ethnic violence and prevent further escalation, UN committee warns
09 december 2025 - 17:54:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN anti-racism experts on Tuesday underscored their grave concerns over the increase in the use of [...] Full text...
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ICC sentences Janjaweed leader Ali Abd-Al-Rahman to 20 years in prison for war crimes in Sudan's Darfur
09 december 2025 - 13:02:35The Hague, Netherands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday sentenced Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (Ali Kushayb) to [...] Full text...
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ICC to sentence Janjaweed leader Ali Abd-Al-Rahman for war crimes in Sudan's Darfur on Tuesday
05 december 2025 - 07:18:49The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will on 9 December sentence Ali [...] Full text...
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Uganda: UN rights chief deplores intensifying crackdown on opposition, media ahead of elections
04 december 2025 - 07:24:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Wednesday deplored the intensifying crackdown on the opposition and [...] Full text...
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Libyan Ali El Hishri makes first appearance before ICC
03 december 2025 - 18:17:48The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Libyan national Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri appeared before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International [...] Full text...
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Gambia's ex-president Yahya Jammeh’s 'death squad' member extradited from Senegal
03 december 2025 - 10:06:25Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian authorities have taken into custody Lt. Col. Sanna Manjang, a former member of ex-president Yahya [...] Full text...
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Germany hands over Libyan Ali El Hishri suspected of war crimes to ICC
02 december 2025 - 16:35:35The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Germany on Monday surrendered Mr. Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, a Libyan, to the custody [...] Full text...
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In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, journalism is ‘both a battleground and a lifeline’
02 december 2025 - 07:29:21New York, US (PANA) - More than 260 media professionals were killed in the recent hostilities in Gaza – the [...] Full text...
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Senior ICC official reports new momentum towards justice in Libya
26 november 2025 - 07:34:33New York, US (PANA) - Recent months have seen progress towards accountability in Libya, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s military leader again rejects UAE's membership of the Quad
24 november 2025 - 14:50:14Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's military ruler says he will consider the Quad, which has been working to end [...] Full text...
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Sudan's paramilitary RSF 'welcomes' US President Trump's peace initiative
22 november 2025 - 07:23:20Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has come under severe criticism for atrocities committed in [...] Full text...
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Sudan welcomes President Trump's decision to end the war in Sudan
20 november 2025 - 08:33:16Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has welcomed US President Donald Trump's statement that he would initiate a [...] Full text...
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Sudanese government welcomes HRC resolution condemning the RSF Militia Violations in El Fasher
14 november 2025 - 18:08:01Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the UN Human Rights Council resolution that [...] Full text...
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G7 condemns Sudanese militia's atrocities in Darfur
13 november 2025 - 11:00:37Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The G7 Foreign Ministers have strongly condemned the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing [...] Full text...
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Top US diplomat lashes out at Sudan's RSF, calls for cut off of weapons supply
13 november 2025 - 08:02:21Hamilton, Canada (PANA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has strongly criticised Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for [...] Full text...
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Rights group says trial of ex-DRC warlord 'important step' for justice
12 november 2025 - 08:39:44Paris, France (PANA) - The trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former rebel leader and former minister in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Pivotal moment to strengthen torture safeguards in Mozambique, UN body says
11 november 2025 - 08:09:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Subcommitee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has called on Mozambique to step up efforts [...] Full text...
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UN experts on mercenaries warn of expanding use of proxy actors in both conflict and peace-time settings
09 november 2025 - 12:56:52Nw York, US (PANA) - The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries has warned of the growing and [...] Full text...
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UN Rights Council to hold special session on Sudan's El Fasher on 14 November
07 november 2025 - 09:50:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on the human rights situation [...] Full text...
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Impunity for attacks on journalists has a chilling effect on society
02 november 2025 - 16:25:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Latin America and the Caribbean continues to be the region with the highest number of murders [...] Full text...
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Defending truth-tellers, from war zones to the digital frontline
02 november 2025 - 07:43:10New York, US (PANA) - Journalists risk their lives every day to bring facts to light, yet most attacks against [...] Full text...
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Forty migrants, including children, perish in Tunisia shipwreck
24 october 2025 - 06:46:18Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A shipwreck off Tunisia that claimed the lives of at least 40 African migrants has once [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags 'climate of fear and repression' in Tanzania ahead of general elections
20 october 2025 - 07:55:32Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Tanzanian authorities have intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and [...] Full text...
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Sudan denounces 'international silence' over crimes in Darfur
12 october 2025 - 12:13:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Sunday condemned what it described as the “silence" of the international [...] Full text...
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Activists urge UN to renew mandate of Sudan atrocity investigators
05 october 2025 - 13:43:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Human rights advocates are urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of [...] Full text...
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UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur
04 october 2025 - 06:17:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian official in Sudan has warned of an impending catastrophe in Darfur, [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for urgent action to protect civilians in Sudan's besiged city
02 october 2025 - 18:54:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday warned that civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher city [...] Full text...
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US/Africa expulsion deals flout rights, says rights advocate
23 september 2025 - 05:39:27Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The United States' recent expulsions of third-country nationals to Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda and South Sudan [...] Full text...
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Families of victims of human rights violations in Libyan city seek justice
22 september 2025 - 07:06:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Tarhuna Victims’ Family Association, backed by the Tarhuna Mayor, have reiterated calls for accountability for [...] Full text...
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US sanctions Sudan's finance minister, pro-Iranian group
12 september 2025 - 20:34:40Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United States on Friday sanctioned two Sudanese entities it accuses of obstructing peace realisation [...] Full text...
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Deadly attacks across Darfur leave nearly 100 wounded in MSF-supported facilities
12 september 2025 - 07:51:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Following a series of attacks by Sudan's warring parties – the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [...] Full text...
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Gisma: The story of brutal death of woman in the wilderness of Darfur
11 september 2025 - 19:09:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - This time the death was not caused by hanging or pulling the victim chained to [...] Full text...
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Girls as young as 10 kidnapped, raped in eastern DRC
10 september 2025 - 10:08:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In North and South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), women and girls [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s people tortured and killed in ‘slaughterhouses’, rights probe says
09 september 2025 - 17:27:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A high-level independent rights probe into the brutal war in Sudan condemned the many grave crimes [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
07 september 2025 - 05:33:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
06 september 2025 - 17:16:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...
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Sudan civilians deliberately targeted - UN Fact-Finding Mission reports
05 september 2025 - 18:11:33Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An independent fact-finding mission for the human rights situation in the Sudan published its report [...] Full text...
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Sudan civilians deliberately targeted, UN Fact-Finding Mission reports
05 september 2025 - 15:04:13Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An independent fact-finding mission for the human rights situation in the Sudan published its report [...] Full text...
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Charity group condemns enforced disappearance, torture, mass killing of women, children in Sudan's North Darfur
01 september 2025 - 14:47:09Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A women rights group in East Africa, The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn [...] Full text...
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UN mission warns alarming levels of enforced disappearances in Libya threaten national reconciliation
31 august 2025 - 15:19:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of UN Secretary General in Libya, Ms. Hanna Tetteh, on Saurday expressed alarm [...] Full text...
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UN chief discusses situation in besieged Sudan city with PM
27 august 2025 - 09:32:27Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Secretary General Antony Guterres has had a telephone conversation with Sudanese Prime Minister [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Mauritania of years of migration control abuses
27 august 2025 - 06:56:05Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against largely West and [...] Full text...
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Sudanese groups launch campaign to extend UN fact-finding mission
25 august 2025 - 11:41:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A broad coalition of Sudanese civil society groups is preparing to launch a national campaign demanding [...] Full text...
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Sudan govt welcomes UN rights agency's condemnation of attacks on civilians by rival RSF
24 august 2025 - 06:56:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday commended the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights for condemning the [...] Full text...
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Sudanese army denies targeting WFP relief convoy
21 august 2025 - 12:20:49Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) relief [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya to brief Security Council on new roadmap for political process
21 august 2025 - 10:40:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, will brief the Security Council [...] Full text...
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Drone strike destroys UN food aid trucks in Sudan’s North Darfur
21 august 2025 - 08:22:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A drone strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) destroyed three trucks in a World [...] Full text...
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Sudan army, allies repel 'major attack' by paramilitary RSF on besieged El Fasher
21 august 2025 - 08:09:26Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army and allied armed groups say they repelled a major, multi-pronged attack by [...] Full text...
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‘Beauty and Beast’: Story of the Sudanese IDPs and the Gash River
19 august 2025 - 19:13:39Kassala, Sudan (PANA) - Huge volumes of thick reddish torrents of water dash from the Ethiopian plateau and mountainous heights [...] Full text...
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Sudan rights group accuses security cells of torture, disappearances
18 august 2025 - 12:43:46Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese rights group, the Emergency Lawyers group, has accused state-backed security cells in the capital, [...] Full text...
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UN warns of steep rise in sexual violence during conflict
14 august 2025 - 21:14:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says thousands killed, hundreds forcibly disappeared in two years in south-east Nigeria
13 august 2025 - 08:49:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities’ persistent failure to address the security crisis in the country’s south-east region has [...] Full text...
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Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence
12 august 2025 - 15:35:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric [...] Full text...
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Death of Burkinabe activist in detention in Côte d'Ivoire reignites tensions
29 july 2025 - 10:56:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death last Thursday of Burkinabe activist Alain Christophe Traoré, alias Alino Faso, while being [...] Full text...
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UN mission, Netherlands. Switzerland flag deaths in custody in Libya
25 july 2025 - 06:51:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Co-Chairs of the International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the International Follow-up [...] Full text...
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Two ex-militia leaders in Central African Republic sentenced for war crimes, crimes against humanity
25 july 2025 - 04:42:42The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Two former leaders of the predominantly Christian Anti-Balaka militia in the Central African Republic (CAR) [...] Full text...
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Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to return
24 july 2025 - 19:00:37New York, US (PANA) - Afghans returning to their country face “serious violations” of their human rights committed by the [...] Full text...
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Libyan arrested in Germany for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes
19 july 2025 - 05:56:17The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - A Libyan has been arrested in Germany for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes, [...] Full text...
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A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam
08 july 2025 - 17:52:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and [...] Full text...
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UN mission in Libya calls for investigation into death of activist Abdel Moneim al-Maraimi
05 july 2025 - 15:52:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has urged the authorities to open a "transparent [...] Full text...
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Aftermath of Tripoli clashes puts Libya’s fragile stability to the test
25 june 2025 - 05:34:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya once again stands at a critical juncture in its political transition, after armed clashes erupted [...] Full text...
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Long after the guns fall silent, conflict-related sexual violence leaves lasting scars
20 june 2025 - 06:06:46New York, US (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict is a tactic of war, torture and terror. It does not [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN denounces use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas
17 june 2025 - 19:30:25Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting has intensified in recent weeks in parts of Darfur, Sudan, UN investigators have [...] Full text...
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Decades of memories and loss – searching for the missing in Syria
12 june 2025 - 20:18:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria over the past 50 years including during [...] Full text...
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‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves
04 june 2025 - 18:49:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya, UN News [...] Full text...
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'Shocked' UN rights chief says sites of gross human rights violations in Libya must be sealed and impartially investigated
04 june 2025 - 10:38:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday he was shocked by revelations of gross [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags repressive laws, lack of due process, attacks on judicial staff in Libya
02 june 2025 - 13:00:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya's fragmented justice sector is suppressing fundamental freedoms and obstructing accountability for abuses, Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for investigation into torture, forcible deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan activists by Tanzania
26 may 2025 - 06:11:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has asked the Tanzanian authorities to investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, [...] Full text...
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Detained Ugandan lawyer dumped near border after diplomatic storm
23 may 2025 - 12:35:25Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan human rights lawyer and journalist, Agather Atuhaire, has been found after being dumped near the [...] Full text...
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Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts 21
21 may 2025 - 17:49:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top [...] Full text...
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Working Group of international follow-up committee on Libya of the Berlin Process calls for protection of civilians
18 may 2025 - 05:14:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Co-chairs of the Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the Berlin Process - [...] Full text...
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Police officer killed. three others injured in new night-time demonstrations in Tripoli
17 may 2025 - 14:52:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A police officer was killed and three demonstrators were injured during incidents that took place on [...] Full text...
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‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out
16 may 2025 - 17:58:53New York, US (PANA) - Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Libyan government to investigate crimes by illegal militia groups
14 may 2025 - 10:54:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) to immediately open “thorough, independent, [...] Full text...
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US deportations raise serious human rights concerns
13 may 2025 - 19:05:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has voiced concern over the recent deportation of [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges US not to 'forcibly transfer' migrants to Libya
10 may 2025 - 11:35:58New York, US (PANA) – The United States should not forcibly transfer migrants to Libya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including [...] Full text...
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Libya's rival govts reject Trump administration's moves to repatriate illegal immigrants to the country
08 may 2025 - 12:54:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The intention of the administration of US President Donald Trump to repatriate illegal immigrants to Libya [...] Full text...
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UN mission in Libya calls for independent investigation into disappearance of MP, torture video
06 may 2025 - 11:52:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed alarm at a video circulating on social [...] Full text...
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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees
03 may 2025 - 19:07:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...
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Journalism facing new threats from AI and censorship - UN rights chief
03 may 2025 - 08:55:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must do everything to ensure that free and independent news reporting can thrive, the UN [...] Full text...
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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees: UNHCR
02 may 2025 - 17:51:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...
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Liberian president urged to renew mandate to establish war crimes court
29 april 2025 - 09:42:36Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Liberian President Joseph Boakai has been urged to follow through on his commitment to justice and [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Rights group flags 'horrific and widespread' use of sexual violence by paramilitary RSF
10 april 2025 - 10:58:27Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting a bloody war with the [...] Full text...
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Rights expert deplores the 'regime of terror' imposed by violent extremist groups in Mali
28 march 2025 - 15:53:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Mali on Friday expressed concern about the [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council focuses on Iran, Syria and Venezuela
18 march 2025 - 20:56:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top independent experts reported to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, putting the [...] Full text...
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‘Time for bold moves’: UN urges inclusive transition as Syria marks 14 years of conflict
16 march 2025 - 08:56:52Damascus, Syria (PANA) - Marking 14 years since the start of the Syrian conflict, top UN officials raised alarm over [...] Full text...
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Iran protests: Human Rights Council probe condemns online, app-based repression
14 march 2025 - 20:14:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Iranian Government has continued to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of civilians including [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN reports 'widespread' abuse of detainees in conflict
07 march 2025 - 11:32:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new United Nations report released on Thursday highlights a "widespread pattern" of arbitrary detention, torture [...] Full text...
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UN report reveals brutal attacks targeting Muslims, refugees in Central African Republic
05 march 2025 - 20:44:25New York, US (PANA) - A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations [...] Full text...
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UN expert denounces 'cruel game' of hostage-taking
05 march 2025 - 07:50:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A United Nations independent expert warned on Tuesday of an increase in hostage-taking by states and [...] Full text...
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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief
03 march 2025 - 20:22:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan [...] Full text...
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UN deplores continuation of indefinite military service in Eritrea
28 february 2025 - 06:22:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eritrea continues to subject its citizens to indefinite military service, in violation of international human rights [...] Full text...
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Sudan is a powder keg with growing risk of war crimes, UN warns
28 february 2025 - 06:18:34Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - Sudan is a flashpoint, with a growing risk of atrocity crimes and mass starvation deaths, [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza
27 february 2025 - 21:24:29New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent, [...] Full text...
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90% of victims of conflict-related sexual abuse in DRC are women and girls
25 february 2025 - 06:41:40New York, US (PANA) - Independent UN experts on Monday expressed grave concern over the scale of conflict-related sexual violence [...] Full text...
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World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists
24 february 2025 - 12:02:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the [...] Full text...
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‘Fragile stability’ in Libya increasingly at risk, Security Council hears
19 february 2025 - 21:10:40New York, US (PANA) - The dream of a civil, democratic and prosperous Libya remains unfulfilled 14 years after the [...] Full text...
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UN expert expresses dismay at continued criminalization of human rights in Algeria
31 january 2025 - 12:28:33Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria continues to restrict and harass human rights defenders for their peaceful activities, the UN independent [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief launches $500 million global appeal
31 january 2025 - 05:26:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Thursday launched an appeal for $500 million to fund [...] Full text...
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War in Sudan: Nearly one million people forcibly displaced to Chad
29 january 2025 - 10:59:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - More than twenty international charity organisations have again flagged the appalling conditions in which about [...] Full text...
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‘Hold fast to our common humanity’: UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated
27 january 2025 - 20:31:27New York, US (PANA) - Hate continues to grow at an alarming speed, and the world must do more to [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL urges Libyan authorities to arrest prison director wanted on ICC warrant
26 january 2025 - 16:13:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called on the Libyan authorities to arrest [...] Full text...
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‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk
14 january 2025 - 05:55:53London, UK (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights [...] Full text...
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Israel attacks push Gaza healthcare ‘to brink of collapse’
01 january 2025 - 12:51:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, have pushed [...] Full text...
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UNRWA chief renews call for probe into attacks on humanitarians in Gaza
01 january 2025 - 03:15:02Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, issued a fresh call [...] Full text...
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EC adds four persons to EU sanctions list for threatening peace, stability and security of Sudan
16 december 2024 - 12:56:08Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday approved additional restrictive measures against four individuals, in view of the [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS leaders approve Gambia's human rights tribunal
16 december 2024 - 10:38:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved the establishment of [...] Full text...
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Kenya's human rights status downgraded to 'repressed'
04 december 2024 - 11:09:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The civil rights coalition, CIVICUS, announced in a report on Wednesday the downgrade of Kenya's civic [...] Full text...
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Millions of women and girls forced to flee face high risk of gender-based violence: UNHCR
30 november 2024 - 07:18:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 60 million women and girls worldwide who are forcibly displaced or stateless face high [...] Full text...
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G7 FMs, EU urge parties to Sudan conflict to engage in 'serious negotiations'
26 november 2024 - 20:23:11Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the [...] Full text...
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ICC issues warrant of arrest for Hamas leader for role in 7 October attacks in Israel
21 november 2024 - 14:32:16The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in its composition for the [...] Full text...
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ICC Prosecutor appeals for global support to bring Libyan war criminals to justice
20 november 2024 - 04:58:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council [...] Full text...
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One in three women experiences gender-based violence
16 november 2024 - 07:01:36New York, US (PANA) - Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign led by UN [...] Full text...
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Torture is never justified, insists UN rights chief, as key accord turns 40
15 november 2024 - 06:06:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It’s been 40 years since countries adopted the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or [...] Full text...
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Rights group denounces Libya govt's measures to entrench discrimination against women
09 november 2024 - 13:22:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Amnesty International has denounced the Libyan government's announcement of measures against women and girls in the [...] Full text...
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Gambian President urged to drop defamation charges against journalists
21 october 2024 - 11:25:00Banjul, Gambia (PANA) — Veteran Gambian journalist Alagi Yorro Jallow has appealed to President Adama Barrow to drop charges of [...] Full text...
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‘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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ICC unseals arrest warrants against six Libyans for crimes at Tripoli's Tarhunah district
05 october 2024 - 12:47:40The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has granted the request of [...] Full text...
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US sanctions four Uganda senior police officers for 'gross violations' of human rights
02 october 2024 - 17:33:10Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Tuesday announced sanctions against four members of the Uganda Police Force (UPF) [...] Full text...
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UN agencies urge Security Council to stop ‘mass graves for migrants’
01 october 2024 - 06:15:08New York, US (PANA) - Action is needed now to stop the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea from “becoming mass [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action
26 september 2024 - 05:46:56New York, US (PANA) - With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher
19 september 2024 - 05:51:06New York, US (PANA) - A sharp escalation in fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher, along with ongoing clashes between rival [...] Full text...
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UN rights expert calls for immediate release of all Israeli hostages
18 september 2024 - 04:38:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN independent human rights expert on protection from torture on Tuesday reiterated the urgent need [...] Full text...
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Top human rights investigators call for arms embargo on Sudan warring parties
06 september 2024 - 21:27:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top human rights investigators into Sudan’s brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse
06 september 2024 - 12:56:39Geneva, Switerland (PANA) - Top human rights investigators into Sudan’s brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo [...] Full text...
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UN Rights office highlights mass killings, sexual violence in Libya
01 september 2024 - 04:26:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN report has warned that the continued lack of accountability and years of impunity enjoyed by [...] Full text...
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UN rights expert condemns terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, Pakistan
31 august 2024 - 07:58:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN independent human rights expert on Friday condemned recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, which [...] Full text...
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UN rights experts demand immediate release of Zimbabwean rights defenders
16 august 2024 - 05:21:51Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean authorities must immediately release human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily detained for over two [...] Full text...
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Cameroon elections: Upcoming vote marks ‘key opportunity’ to commit to human rights: UN human rights chief
09 august 2024 - 06:56:10Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Despite obstacles, Cameroon maintains immense potential to foster social change and promote civic engagement in their [...] Full text...
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Amid reports of torture inside Isareli jails, rights experts call for end to impunity
06 august 2024 - 06:09:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of [...] Full text...
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Senior UN officials welcome verdict in Guinea 2009 stadium massacre trial
01 august 2024 - 17:09:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said [...] Full text...
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Guinean ex-president, ministers found guilty for stadium mass killings
01 august 2024 - 05:21:00Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – A court in Guinea on Wednesday, 31 July, convicted the country's former self-declared president Moussa Dadis [...] 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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Sudan war: Nearly 26 million going hungry due to rising food prices, access challenges
24 july 2024 - 05:17:06New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 26 million people in war-torn Sudan are not getting enough to eat, the UN [...] 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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ECOWAS court orders Ghana to release UN/ECOWAS investigation report in case of enforced disappearance in The Gambia
15 july 2024 - 18:36:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has issued a landmark decision [...] Full text...
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Arbitrary detentions and impunity widespread in Libya, warns UN rights chief
09 july 2024 - 14:15:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The desperate plight of migrants and refugees tortured, trafficked and sold “at scale” in Libya took [...] Full text...
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Refugees, migrants face violence, abuse and death on routes across Africa, new data shows
06 july 2024 - 09:06:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Refugees and migrants continue to face extreme forms of violence, exploitation and death on sea and [...] Full text...
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Conviction of Malian terrorist is 'another significant milestone in accountability' - Guterres
27 june 2024 - 05:50:50New York, US (PANA) - UN chief Antonio Guterres has described the conviction by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of [...] Full text...
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ICC convicts key member of al-Qaida group in Mali of war crimes
26 june 2024 - 17:59:52The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday convicted a leader of Ansar Dine and Al-Qaida [...] Full text...
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ICC issues warrant for arrest of Malian terrorist Iyad Ag Rhali
24 june 2024 - 11:34:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has unsealed the warrant for the arrest of Iyad Ag Ghaly, [...] Full text...
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UN torture rapporteur requests France to monitor exhibition for illegal torture tools
22 june 2024 - 07:06:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture contacted the French Government ahead of a major security and [...] Full text...
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Special Rapporteur urges global action to recognise and combat prostitution as a system of violence against women and girls
22 june 2024 - 06:36:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Prostitution must be urgently recognised as a system of violence, exploitation and abuse, the Special Rapporteur [...] Full text...
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Independent rights expert calls for an end to ‘normalisation’ of prostitution
22 june 2024 - 00:16:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s independent human rights expert countering violence against women and girls called on Friday for [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for immediate release of 'arbitrarily detained' Zimbabwe opposition activists
20 june 2024 - 08:34:54Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called on the Zimbabwe authorities to release more than 70 [...] Full text...
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UNHCR highlights shocking needs, risks facing refugees and migrants on routes from Africa to Europe
04 june 2024 - 12:47:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The lack of protection services on major routes used by refugees and migrants is alarming and [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities
28 may 2024 - 12:41:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid further reported bombardment of Gaza overnight into Tuesday, UN and partner organisations have expressed deep [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Increasing disease and humanitarian strain in Gaza amid aid shortages
24 may 2024 - 05:29:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Living conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate, with reports of an increase in diarrhoea and suspected [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog flags deepening civil society crackdown in Tunisia
20 may 2024 - 07:19:56Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian authorities have arrested at least nine people amid escalating government actions in recent weeks to [...] Full text...
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Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry
17 may 2024 - 05:49:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A renowned Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon’s death in Israeli detention has been labelled "horrifying" by a UN [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief welcomes jailing of Gambian ex-minister by Swiss court
16 may 2024 - 14:48:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has welcomed the conviction by a Swiss court of [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: ‘Time is running out’ to address crisis in Sudan
16 may 2024 - 06:40:30New York, US (PANA) - The international community must give greater attention and resources to war-ravaged Sudan, where millions are [...] Full text...
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Former Gambia’s Interior minister jailed 20 years by Swiss court for crimes against humanity
15 may 2024 - 13:07:05Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ousman Sonko, former interior minister of Gambia, was convicted by Switzerland's top criminal court on Wednesday for crimes [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Human Rights Watch flags 'ethnic cleansing' in Sudan's West Darfur
09 may 2024 - 09:48:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Attacks by Sudan's paramilitary the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias in El Geneina, the [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso's Army massacre more than 220 villagers
25 april 2024 - 10:39:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages [...] Full text...
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Airlines urged not to facilitate UK-Rwanda asylum transfers
23 april 2024 - 05:32:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN experts have expressed concern over the role airlines and aviation authorities could have in [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch says Gambia’s FGM ban law reverse threatens women and girls
20 april 2024 - 16:21:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Rights group Human Rights Watch said here Saturday that a bill before Gambia’s National Assembly to reverse a [...] Full text...
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War in Sudan is ‘a crisis of epic proportions’ as atrocities abound
20 april 2024 - 08:11:53New York, US (PANA) - The year-long ongoing war in Sudan is “a crisis of epic proportions”, and the world [...] Full text...
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EC sanctions four persons, two entities over human rights abuses against Palestinians
19 april 2024 - 15:03:49Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council ( EC) on Friday listed four persons and two entities under the EU [...] Full text...
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UN chief appeals for maximum restraint in the Middle East
19 april 2024 - 05:14:16New York, US (PANA) - Recent escalations in the Middle East make it even more important to support efforts towards [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics
05 april 2024 - 18:01:57New York, US (PANA) - Israel must make meaningful changes in the way it is fighting in Gaza to avoid [...] Full text...
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UN human rights experts urge Egypt to halt executions
04 april 2024 - 05:48:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A group of independent UN human rights experts on Wednesday expressed grave concern after death sentences [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for global action to defend women’s rights amid disturbing trends
11 march 2024 - 17:40:49New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are [...] 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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International Women’s Day: UN chief launches plan to tackle ‘baked-in bias’
09 march 2024 - 07:46:11New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: UN chief appeals for Sudan ceasefire, now: ‘Values of Ramadan must prevail’
08 march 2024 - 07:14:36New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and unhindered humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: US slams Sudan Army for prohibiting humanitarian assistance from Chad
24 february 2024 - 10:28:50Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has slammed Sudanese Armed Forces’ (SAF) recent decision to prohibit cross border [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN rights chief deplores ‘entrenched impunity’ by all parties in Israel, OPT
24 february 2024 - 10:27:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious [...] Full text...
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'Governments target nationals living abroad': Human Rights Watch
22 february 2024 - 07:00:06New York, US (PANA) – Governments across the globe are reaching beyond their borders and committing human rights abuses against [...] 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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Israel-Gaza crisis: Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls
20 february 2024 - 12:09:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank [...] Full text...
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US offers $5 million for information on arrest of former Sudan minister Harum
30 january 2024 - 06:38:31Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Department of State is designating Sudan’s former Minister of State for the Interior [...] 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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Israel-Gaza crisis: Ceasefire ‘more urgent than ever’ as conflict approaches 100-day mark
12 january 2024 - 20:26:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Gaza conflict approaches the 100-day mark, an immediate ceasefire is “more urgent than ever”, [...] Full text...
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Global rights crises deepen as world leaders shy away: Human Rights Watch
12 january 2024 - 07:46:31New York, US (PANA) – Global leaders have failed to take strong stands to protect human rights during 2023, a [...] Full text...
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Gambian ex-minister Sonko faces crimes against humanity charges
05 january 2024 - 11:14:49Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The trial of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko will open 8 January in Switzerland for [...] Full text...
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UN rights office urges Ethiopia to prioritise victims amidst legacy of rights abuses
29 december 2023 - 05:38:06Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Thursday urged the Ethiopian Government to ensure that ongoing [...] Full text...
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Draw inspiration from human rights advocates worldwide, urges Guterres
16 december 2023 - 06:42:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday called on citizens everywhere to draw inspiration from the work [...] Full text...
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Gambian journalists welcome sentencing of Bai Lowe for murder of Deyda Hydara
30 november 2023 - 15:41:17Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has welcomed the verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death [...] Full text...
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Germany Court Verdict: Former Gambian leader death squad member sentenced to Life Imprisonment
30 november 2023 - 14:00:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A German Court in the city of Celle on Thursday found former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh [...] Full text...
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Germany: Verdict on extrajudicial killings in The Gambia
28 november 2023 - 19:03:05Berlin, Germany (PANA) - A German court in the city of Celle is expected to deliver a verdict on 30 [...] Full text...
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Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan
14 november 2023 - 17:42:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month as the country continues to face [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Amnesty International urges EU leaders to call for 'ceasefire now' to protect civilians
13 november 2023 - 07:04:29Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Ahead of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday, which will discuss the [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UNHCR warns Darfur atrocities of 20 years ago may reoccur
10 november 2023 - 17:18:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence across the Darfur region in Sudan has sparked fears that atrocities committed two decades [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Malian armed forces, Islamist armed groups of killing, abusing civilians
02 november 2023 - 08:01:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Malian armed forces and Islamist armed groups have killed and otherwise abused numerous civilians in central [...] Full text...
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British monarch King Charles III visits Kenya
31 october 2023 - 13:44:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - British monarch King Charles III and the Queen Consort Camilla, arrived in Nairobi on Tuesday, for [...] Full text...
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Sudan-conflict: Peace negotiations kick off amid opposed positions and vicious fighting (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
26 october 2023 - 15:19:36Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced the launch of peace talks between belligerent Sudanese parties, the Sudanese [...] Full text...
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US, rights advocate renew calls for investigation of rights abuses in Chad in October last year
21 october 2023 - 06:45:05Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have renewed calls for full investigations of [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL concerned by armed clashes in Benghazi in eastern Libya
09 october 2023 - 17:53:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed its concern about the armed clashes [...] Full text...
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Communications, Internet services interrupted in Benghazi following armed clashes
07 october 2023 - 13:54:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Communication and internet services have been interrupted for the second consecutive day in the eastern Libyan [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Nearly one year after ceasefire, UN experts warn of ongoing atrocities
18 september 2023 - 15:04:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly one year since the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities in Ethiopia, atrocities, war crimes [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Ethnically motivated attacks leave hundreds dead in Sudan, says UN rights chief
13 september 2023 - 06:09:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds have died in ethnically motivated attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags climate of fear as Zimbabewean President Mnangagwa is inaugurated
04 september 2023 - 13:06:39Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated for his second term on Monday, a human rights [...] Full text...
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