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| 03.10.08 | Peru: Disappearances a thing of the past? New cases of enforced disappearances have been occurring in Peru recently. On the 14th of September 11 peasants were detained by army troops, according to the families of the victims. Now the army troops deny the detentions. Parliament and human rights organizations announced yesterday the opening... read more | |
| 02.10.08 | Russia: ECHR Condemns Russia in Three Disappearance Cases from Chechnya and Ingushetia The Stichting Russian Justice Initiative organisation notifies that the European Court of Human Rights today (Thursday, 2 October) unanimously condemned Russia for enforced disappearances in one case from Ingushetia and two cases from Chechnya. The cases concern the disappearances of five persons... read more | |
| 02.10.08 | New signatures for the Convention The annual United Nations treaty event to promote universal participation in more than 500 multilateral global pacts drew to a close yesterday with a total of 43 Member States signing or ratifying 80 separate conventions, agreements, treaties and optional protocols. read more | |
| 29.09.08 | France: Ratification of the International Convention for the Protection against Enforced Disappearances Latest ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance has come from France, during the Treaty Event. read more | |
| 29.09.08 | Tibet: More cases of Enforced and Involuntary Disappearance surfaces from Tibet In the recent few months after the outbreak of the major protests across the Tibetan plateau since March 10, 2008, a few more cases of, particularly, the enforced and involuntary disappearance of Tibetans are beginning to surface. According to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy... read more | |
| 29.09.08 | UN: Ban honours brave grandmothers of disappeared Argentines Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the 23th of September paid tribute to the relatives of those who disappeared between 1976 and 1983 under the military dictatorship in Argentina, where tens of thousands of people became victims, for speaking out about their plight. read more |  |
| 29.09.08 | Nepal: Govt. confusion delays disappearance commission This article published on the 25th September 2008 in Kantipur denounces that confusion over which ministry (Home or Peace and Reconstruction) will take responsibility for the commission on disappeared persons, is delaying its formation. read more | |
| 23.09.08 | Western Sahara: Amianatou Haidar wins 2008 RFK Human Rights Award Western Sahara Human Rights Defender, Aminatou Haidar, wins the 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for her campaign for the self-determination of Western Sahara and against government abuses and disappearances of prisoners of conscious. read more |  |
| 23.09.08 | Sri Lanka: AHRC Statement: Another complainant in a torture case shot dead In this statement the Asian Human Rights Commission denounces the murder of Mr. Nishantha Fernando. Mr. Fernando had made complaints of torture and bribery against a senior police officer and several other police officers. Mr. Fernando was shot dead on the 20th September 2008. read more | |
| 23.09.08 | Spain: Garzón receives a list of 143.353 names of disappeared Yesterday 22nd of September family members of the disappeared of the civil war and postwar handed Judge Garzón a list of 143.353 of names of victims. This list has been produced by family members and volunteers in an great effort of many years. Now these family members and associations for the... read more |  |