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Forty countries reaffirm support for Morocco’s full sovereignty over its Sahara during HRC ongoing session

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Some forty countries have reaffirmed on Monday their support for Morocco’s full sovereignty over its Sahara during the 58th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), held until April 4 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In a statement delivered by Ali Mohamed Saeed Majawar, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Yemen in Geneva, the […]
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Algeria: UN calls for impartial, rapid investigations in claims of sexual abuse, torture against Hirak activists

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has officially called on the Algerian authorities to conduct “prompt and impartial investigations” into the allegations of torture and sexual abuse suffered by several inmates arrested during the Hirak who openly denounced the ill-treatment inflicted on them by the security services while in police custody. Rupert Colville, […]