News Archive
| 24.11.08 | Panama: Convention against disappearances first discussed in Assembly International Convention for the protection against enforced disappearances was discussed in Panama, in the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Legislative Assembly, for the first time on the 10th of November, since being signed in 25 Sep 2007. Continue reading this article in Spanish. read more | |
| 24.11.08 | Philippines: Bayan and Karapatan updated UNWGEID on disappearances The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and the human rights group Karapatan met with representatives of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) under the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights last November 18 to follow up on the case of missing... read more | |
| 24.11.08 | Tibet: CAT recommends China to adopt measures to prevent enforced disappearances The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) recommends the People's Republic of China (PRC) to probe the deaths of Tibetans killed in the spring 2008 protests in Tibet and to adopt measures to prohibit and prevent enforced disappearances and to provide information on the fate of missing... read more | |
| 17.11.08 | Urgent Action Kashmir: Mr. Parvez Imroz arrested among four other persons by police at Bandipora Lawyer and President of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), Parvez Imroz, has been arrested among several local volunteers by the police in front of the media today, only a few hours ago, in the town of Bandipora. Read further the urgent action call forward to Aim for human rights... read more |  |
| 17.11.08 | Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights wins Rights & Democracy’s 2008 John Humphrey Freedom Award As per the press release of the organisation Rights & Democracy: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights is the winner of Rights & Democracy’s 2008 John Humphrey Freedom Award in recognition of its courageous pursuit of justice for victims of human rights abuses inside Zimbabwe. read more |  |
| 11.11.08 | Russia: The European Court of Human Rights condemns Russia for enforced disappearances in three cases from Chechnya On the last 6th of November the European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia again for three cases of enforced disappearances occurred in Chechnya. As notified by the human rights organisation Russian Justice Initiative the cases concern the disappearance of five men between November 2002 and... read more | |
| 10.11.08 | Spain: The National Court stops the exhumation procedures The Criminal Chamber of the Spanish National Court has agreed to temporally stop the exhumations being carried out in the case against the Franco regime opened by Baltasar Garzon, until the judges decide if Garzon has jurisdiction to investigate the case. Continue reading this news article in... read more | |
| 10.11.08 | Peru: (AI) Amnesty bill setback to human rights In this press release, Amnesty International advises against the approval of the bill currently being discuss in the Peruvian Congress. This bill was presented by Edgar Nuñez, president of the Defence Commission in Congress. This bill would grant amnesty to approximately 600 members of the military... read more | |
| 31.10.08 | Chile: Irene Khan visits Chile on the 10th anniversary of Pinochet's arrest Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan will lead a visit to Chile between 3 and 8 November 2008, ten years on from the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London. read more |  |
| 23.10.08 | Venezuela signs the Convention against enforced disappearances The Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations (UN), Jorge Valero, signed on Tuesday October 21, the "International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced disappearances', reported a note from the Foreign Ministry in Venezula. Continue... read more |