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| 21.07.08 | Agusan del Sur families of desaparecidos score victory in court The families of victims of enforced disappearance in Trento, Agusan del Sur scored this morning, 18 July 2008, a landmark victory in court. Judge Dante Luz N. Viacrucis of the Regional Trial Court Branch 6, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur convicted accused Corporal Rodrigo L. Billones who led elements... read more | |
| 09.07.08 | French senate adopts bill authorising ratification of Convention On the 8th of July the French Senate adopted a bill authorising the ratification of the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Disappearances. read more | |
| 08.07.08 | Escalating number of disappeared and extra-judicial executions in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is greatly disturbed by the escalating phenomenon of enforced or involuntary disappearance of political party members and other human rights defenders which has been reported around the country. This is a particularly heinous violation of human rights. read more | |
| 08.07.08 | French Foreign Affairs Committee drafts report on the Convention against disappearances On behalf of the French Foreign Affairs Committee of the senate, Ms Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam presented a report on the law for the ratification of the Convention against Enforced Disappearances in France. It will be put to a vote in the Senate on the 8th of July. read more |  |
| 07.07.08 | European Court of Human Rights Condemns Russia in Three Cases from Chechnya The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for enforced disappearances in three cases from Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said today. The cases concern the disappearances of four men in different locations in Chechnya between 2000 and 2002. read more | |
| 02.07.08 | More than 30,000 people missing in Colombia, say NGOs The number of people that have “disappeared” in Colombia over the past years is much higher than earlier assumed. In 2000 the prosecution investigated 3500 “disappearances”. This year that number has risen to 15,600 investigations. NGOs say more than 30,000 people are missing, BBC Mundo... read more |  |
| 01.07.08 | Pro-Búsqueda Press Release on Serrano Cruz Case Former Salvadoran army chief of State testified in court about the Serrano Cruz Case read more |  |
| 30.06.08 | Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at end of official visit to Pakistan The UN Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour visited Pakistan last week and met with the President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Minister of Law and Justice, between others. In her statement she praises the mobilization of Pakistani civil society, and mentions enforced disappearances... read more |  |
| 20.06.08 | Rabat Appeal adopted by unanimity During the Second Euromediterranean Meeting of Families of the Disappeared organised by FEMED in cooperation with FIDH, in Rabat, the participants adopted by unanimity the Rabat Appeal. read more |  |
| 20.06.08 | Opposition activist in Brest applies for permission to demonstrate on anniversary of Dzmitry Zavadski's disappearance Andrey Sharenda, an activist of Alyaksandr Milinkevich’s Movement for Freedom, applied Wednesday to the Brest City Executive Committee for permission to demonstrate in the city on July 7 in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of journalist Dzmitry Zavadski. read more |  |