News Archive
| 06.12.08 | Zimbabwe Press Release: Jestina Mukoko disappeared 3th of December, early in the morning, gunmen kidnapped Jestina Mukoko, director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), organisation that documents human rights abuses across the country. read more |  |
| 01.12.08 | Nepal: Approved the bill on disappearance Nepal has approved the bill on disappearances, and soon will be presented to the parliament, Human rights organisations still have some concerns about this bill and are trying to amend it before it becomes law. read more | |
| 01.12.08 | Algeria: The families of the disappeared abused in front of the Ministry of Justice Family members of the disappeared from the districts of Blida, Tipaza and Boumerde were received by police in plain clothes and riot police during a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice last 23rd of November. Continue reading the letter sent to Linking Solidarity by Fatima Yous,... read more | |
| 25.11.08 | Colombia: (AI) Congress must not approve seriously flawed “Victims’ Law” Amnesty International on the 24th November, called on the Colombian Congress not to approve the draft “Victims’ Law”. This draft followed the government’s watering down of the original bill, which would have gone some way towards guaranteeing reparation to the victims of the country’s 40-year... read more | |
| 25.11.08 | Thailand: Disappearances in south remain a concern BANGKOK, 24 November 2008 (IRIN) - Deaths and disappearances in Thailand's southern border area remain a concern for rights groups, with at least four disappearances reported this year by the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP). read more | |
| 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 |  |