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The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted on Monday, June 29, the final outcome report of Mauritania under the fourth cycle of the UPR (Universal Periodic Review) in Geneva, marking a renewed phase of engagement on human rights reforms. The Mauritanian Government has pledged to implement 229 out of 271 recommendations, representing a compliance […]
The immolation of two Sahraoui men by the Algerian army near the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf where Algeria has forsaken thousands of Sahraouis in inhuman living conditions was denounced again before the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The two men were immolated alive with gasoline by the Algerian army after it caught […]
Morocco is firmly determined combat torture in all its forms and is strongly committed to the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI), said on Monday in Geneva Moroccan minister for Human Rights Mustapha Ramid. Speaking at a meeting held on the sidelines of the 43rd session the UN Human Rights Council, the minister said the country’s […]
The UN human rights office is calling for an independent, impartial and thorough investigation into the massacre of 23 people, mostly women and children, during a military operation in a village in Cameroon’s Northwest Anglophone region on February 14. More information has emerged since this shocking attack occurred. UN human rights monitors on the ground […]