Tag Archives: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The prosecution of 29 Muslim protest leaders and others charged under Ethiopia’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law raises serious fair trial concerns. The trial is scheduled to resume in Addis Ababa on April 2, 2013, after a 40-day postponement. The case … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-terrorism legislation, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian government, ETV, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, television program
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ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia has unveiled its first Human Rights Action Plan, with the goal of ensuring human rights in the East African country. Activists have long complained about the Ethiopian government’s record of quashing political dissent and freedom of … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council
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Joint letter requesting Prime Minster Hailemariam Desalegn to remove arbitrary restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and association in Ethiopia October 9, 2012 Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Office of the Prime Minster P.O. … read more »
Posted in Ethiopia, Letters & Interviews
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Tagged Ethiopia, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rwanda, Uganda, United Nation, World Organisation Against Torture
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GENEVA, Switzerland, December 19, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday strongly condemned the brutal suppression of demonstrations by military and security forces in Tahrir Square, Cairo, which have reportedly left … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian, Geneva, High Commissioner, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Navanethem Pillay, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay
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The United Nations called on Monday for an inquiry into reports of human rights abuses in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan region that it said could amount to war crimes but that Khartoum dismissed as “unfounded”. Tensions have flared in state, which … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Sudan
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay arrived in Tunis Wednesday to plegde support for the country’s democratic transition and open a new UN human rights office. It is the first office in a North African country bordering … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, International Criminal Court, Navanethem Pillay, North Africa, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, West Africa, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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February 2, 2011 by benim
Geneva – The United Nations human rights chief said Tuesday there were unconfirmed reports that an estimated 300 people may have been killed so far in Egypt. Praising the popular revolt in Egypt, Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Egypt, News, North Africa
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January 26, 2011 by benim
Geneva – Congolese soldiers raped 67 women in two separate incidents in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in early January, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday. “Two separate investigations by Monusco and UNJHRO … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Central Africa, Crime & Corruption, DR Congo, News, Women
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December 20, 2010 by benim
Supporters of Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo have vowed to fight to the death to keep him as president of the world’s top cocoa producer as pressure grows for him to quit after a disputed election or face sanctions. His rival … read more »
Posted in Article, Conflict/Tragedy, Cote d'Ivoire, News, West Africa
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Tagged Abidjan, Africa news, African news, Alassane Ouattara, breaking news, Côte d'Ivoire, European Union, gbagbo ally, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ivorian Civil War, Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast news, Laurent Gbagbo, News local news, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, political-news, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Simone Gbagbo, United Nations Security Council, United States, War Conflict, World news
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October 26, 2010 by benim
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged Iraq and the United States to investigate allegations of torture and unlawful killings in the Iraq conflict revealed in documents leaked last week. “The US and Iraqi authorities should take necessary … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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