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Cote d'Ivoire: UN Substantiates Reports of Killings, Torture, Arrests And Disappearances
UN News, 23 December 2010
Human rights officers in Côte d'Ivoire have substantiated allegations of more than 170 killings, hundreds of arrests and dozens of cases of torture, ill treatment and… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Pro-Gbagbo Forces Abducting Opponents
HRW, 23 December 2010
Security forces associated with Laurent Gbagbo are abducting and "disappearing" his rival's supporters, Human Rights Watch said today, citing statements from numerous witnesses. Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: More than 170 Killed During Political Stalemate - UN
UN, 23 December 2010
United Nations human rights officers have substantiated allegations of 173 killings, 90 instances of torture and ill-treatment, 471 arrests and detentions and 24 cases of… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Group Releases Statement Before the UN Human Rights Council
HRW, 23 December 2010
In recent days in Côte d'Ivoire, witnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch and other confirmed reports indicate nightly raids by security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo in… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Human Rights Council Debates Situation of Human Rights
Human Rights Council, 23 December 2010
The Human Rights Council this morning opened a Special Session on “The situation of human rights in Côte d’Ivoire since the elections on 28 November… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: U.S. Discussing Ways to Augment U.N. Force
America.gov, 22 December 2010
The Obama administration is in discussions with a number of countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on how to ensure that U.N. forces "can continue to… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Human Suffering Escalates
IPS, 23 December 2010
For three days 25-year-old, Ousmane Traoré attended the private clinic in the populous district of Abobo, north of Abidjan. Suffering from gunshot wounds to the head and… Read more »
UN Reports on Killings, Torture, Abductions
United Nations human rights officers have substantiated allegations of 173 killings, 90 instances of torture and ill-treatment, 471 arrests and detentions and 24 cases of enforced or involuntary disappearances in Côte dÂÂÂIvoire over the past week, a special session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has heard.
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The United States on Tuesday announced a travel ban and other visa restrictions against Laurent Gbagbo of Cote dIvoire, members of his government and their immediate family ... Read more »
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Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo has ordered foreign troops out of the country, including United Nations peacekeepers and French troops. Meanwhile, international leaders have begun to put ... Read more »
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Abducted people are reportedly taken by force to illegal places of detention where they are held incommunicado and without charge. Read more »
