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MONUSCO condemns escalating violence in eastern DRC

Published on: July 24, 2025
10:29

Kinshasa, July 24 (Prensa Latina) The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) strongly condemned the escalation of violence in Ituri province during July, according to a statement released.

Syria: Death toll rises from violence in Sweida province

Published on: July 23, 2025
09:44

Damascus, July 23 (Prensa Latina) The death toll from armed clashes in the southern Syrian province of Sweida and Israeli bombings has reached 1,311, human rights organizations reported.

Israel confiscated another lot of Palestinian land in the West Bank

Published on: July 13, 2025
10:03

Ramallah, Jul 13 (Prensa Latina) Israel confiscated almost 499 hectares of land in the governorate of Hebron, in the south of the occupied West Bank, to expand Jewish colonization, the Safa news agency denounced today.

South Africa debates gender-based violence and femicide

Published on: June 13, 2025
11:11

Pretoria, Jun 13 (Prensa Latina) The South African Ministries of Justice and Constitutional Development and Social Development are co-sponsoring in this capital on Friday a round table discussion on combating Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF).

Bolivia: Ombudsman’s Office calls to avoid escalation of violence

Published on: June 9, 2025
14:09

La Paz, June 9 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Ombudsman's Office, headed by Pedro Callisaya, and a network of the country’s civil society institutions signed a statement today urging the end of actions, discourse, and attitudes that incite violence in the current context.

Members of the Syrian Alawite minority murdered

Published on: June 5, 2025
08:48

Damascus, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) At least 15 civilians from the Alawite Muslim minority were killed in acts of violence in western Syria, human rights organizations reported, cited by several international media outlets.

OCHA warns of increasing sexual violence in eastern DRC

Published on: May 30, 2025
13:38

Kinshasa, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Sexual violence is increasing in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned.

Arab Parliament denounced Israeli violence against Palestinians

Published on: May 27, 2025
14:28

Cairo, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Arab Parliament Speaker Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Yamahi denounced on Tuesday the escalation of Israeli violence against the Palestinian people in the occupied territories, especially in the Gaza Strip, which has been under fire since October 2023.

PSUV Secretary General denounces violent plans by far-right

Published on: May 15, 2025
09:16

Caracas, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary General of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, denounced new violent plans by the national far-right, into which he said he has initiated an investigation.

Over 1,600 dead in only three months in Haiti

Published on: May 2, 2025
08:56

Port-au-Prince, May 2 (Prensa Latina) The violence carried out by a coalition of gangs in Haiti today keeps a society terrified by the death of more than 1,600 people in only three months.

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