News Archive
| 08.09.09 | 'Aim for human rights' publishes primer on Convention 'Aim for human rights' has just launched “Art. 1.1: No one shall be subjected to enforced disappearance”, a guide to the International Convention for the Protection of All Person from Enforced disappearances. This colourful and easy-to-read publication aims to facilitate de understanding of the... read more |  |
| 08.09.09 | U.S. Tried to Soften Treaty on Detainees From 2003 to 2006, the Bush administration quietly tried to relax the draft language of a treaty meant to bar and punish "enforced disappearances" so that those overseeing the CIA's secret prison system would not be criminally prosecuted under its provisions, according to former officials and... read more | |
| 04.09.09 | Chile: Arrest warrants issued against at least 120 Pinochet agents The arrest warrants issued by a Chilean judge against at least 120 people – all of whom had worked as military or security personnel – constitute an important step towards justice in a country that hasn't paid sufficient attention to its past, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. read more | |
| 03.09.09 | USA: Attorney General orders ‘preliminary review’ into CIA detention cases – full investigation long overdue Amnesty International demands again a full investigation into the CIA secret detention cases, this time with the occasion of the publication of the CIA Inspector General’s review of CIA counterterrorism detention and interrogation “activities” which took place yesterday. read more | |
| 03.09.09 | Nepal: 'disappearances' law 'must meet international standards' Nepal 'disappearances' law 'must meet international standards' Prominent human rights organizations submitted a memorandum to the Government of Nepal on Sunday. In it, they requested that the latest draft Disappearances bill be amended to make it comply with international law and standards. read more | |
| 03.09.09 | Guatemala: Former military commissioner sentenced to 150 years for the disappearance of six indigenous people. The former military commissioner Coj Felipe Cusanero, accused of the crime of enforced disappearance of six people between 1982 and 1984 in Chimaltenango, was sentenced to 150 years of prison. The trial court in that department imposed him 25 years for each of the victims. Continue reading this... read more | |
| 31.08.09 | Egypt: Enforced disappearance of 16 Egyptian nationals Alkarama sent an urgent appeal on the 19th of August to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances asking it to intercede with the Egyptian authorities in the case of 16 Egyptian nationals who disappeared in Mansoura province between 2 and 26 July 2009, after being arrested by the... read more | |
| 31.08.09 | Spain: Enforced disappearances, a non-prescriptive crime Amnesty International calls for coherence from the Spanish Government in their legislative initiatives. The Spanish Government will deposit the ratification of the International Convention against Disappearances in the month of September, but the present draft bill on reform of the Penal Code does... read more | |
| 27.08.09 | Southern Philippines: Civilians face risk of enforced disappearances Hundreds of thousands of civilians "faced the risk of unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests, displacement and burning and destruction of their homes," Amnesty International said in a report. read more | |
| 27.08.09 | Guatemala: restarted first trial for enforced disappearances Yesterday, August 26 resumed the oral and public debate from the first case brought to trial in Guatemala for the crime of forced disappearances during the internal armed conflict. read more |