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| 20.10.08 | Colombia: Aguazul Mayor arrested The Colombian mayor José Mauricio Pérez Giménez, was arrested the night of last Oct. 11th, for his alleged involvement in enforced disappearance. read more |  |
| 16.10.08 | Spain: Garzon will investigate the Franco's repression and open Lorca's unmarked grave The judge of the Audiencia Nacional, Baltasar Garzon, has now declared competent to investigate the disappearance of victims of Franco, being illegal disappearances within the context of crimes against humanity. Garzon also agreed to exhumate 19 identified graves, including the alleged Lorca's... read more |  |
| 16.10.08 | Argentina: An overview of work in progress In this article Patrick Rice, FEDEFAM representative, analyzes how Argentina lives today the disappearances that occurred some 30 years ago. Different parties, perpetrators, families of victims, authorities and the public at large, they all experience it in different ways, but are all the efforts... read more |  |
| 13.10.08 | Argentina: Videla taken to jail The Argentinian ex dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has been taken out of this house arrest and put into the military prison Campo de Mayo. The decision was taken by the judge Norberto Oyarbide who investigates Videla in two charges, that of systematic plan of appropriation of children of the... read more |  |
| 13.10.08 | Panama: Press release, After 40 years, impunity prevails Press note released by COFADEPA-HG on the 10th of October and published in Kaosenlared.net. This press release denounces the impunity prevailing the crimes of enfoced disappearance commited during the coup d'état in Panama almost 40 years ago. With this communication COFADEPA-HG confirms its... read more | |
| 13.10.08 | Pakistan: PML-N’s help sought in missing persons’ case The relatives of missing persons on Friday sought the help of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for the recovery of their near and dear ones. On behalf of the fathers, mothers,... read more | |
| 13.10.08 | India: Need for scientific documentation of victims of state repression Human Rights activists from across the globe who gathered in Chandigarh this month stress this aspect and the significance of scientific documentation of victims of state repression. read more | |
| 11.10.08 | Chechnya: European Court of Human Rights Condemns Russia in Three Cases According to Russian Justice Initiave on the 9th of october The European Court of Human Rights unanimously condemned Russia for a violation of the right to life in three cases from Chechnya. Two cases concern the disappearance of four men in Chechnya in October 2000 and January 2001. The third case... read more | |
| 11.10.08 | Kashmir: Mental problems as consecuense of enforced disappearances and other violations In occupied Kashmir, the number of mental patients in the wake of Indian state terrorism has crossed the one hundred thousand figure, according to the report issued on World Mental Health Day. read more | |
| 11.10.08 | Namibia: Mass grave update II: More questions than answers Last 1st October the Safety and Security Minister Nickey Iyambo launched a vitriolic and intimidating attack on NSHR executive director Phil ya Nangoloh and other human rights defenders following report release on discovery of mass grave sites in the north of Namibia. However, a critical analysis... read more |