News Archive
| 11.11.08 | Russia: The European Court of Human Rights condemns Russia for enforced disappearances in three cases from Chechnya On the last 6th of November the European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia again for three cases of enforced disappearances occurred in Chechnya. As notified by the human rights organisation Russian Justice Initiative the cases concern the disappearance of five men between November 2002 and... read more | |
| 10.11.08 | Spain: The National Court stops the exhumation procedures The Criminal Chamber of the Spanish National Court has agreed to temporally stop the exhumations being carried out in the case against the Franco regime opened by Baltasar Garzon, until the judges decide if Garzon has jurisdiction to investigate the case. Continue reading this news article in... read more | |
| 10.11.08 | Peru: (AI) Amnesty bill setback to human rights In this press release, Amnesty International advises against the approval of the bill currently being discuss in the Peruvian Congress. This bill was presented by Edgar Nuñez, president of the Defence Commission in Congress. This bill would grant amnesty to approximately 600 members of the military... read more | |
| 31.10.08 | Chile: Irene Khan visits Chile on the 10th anniversary of Pinochet's arrest Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan will lead a visit to Chile between 3 and 8 November 2008, ten years on from the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London. read more |  |
| 23.10.08 | Venezuela signs the Convention against enforced disappearances The Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations (UN), Jorge Valero, signed on Tuesday October 21, the "International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced disappearances', reported a note from the Foreign Ministry in Venezula. Continue... read more | |
| 22.10.08 | Spain: The new Convention and the Spanish 'desaparecidos' The Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón received a lot of attention from the media in the last weeks. The reason for this is his own decision to investigate Franco and his highest ranks officials for crimes committed between 1936 and 1951 and to clarify the disappearance of more than 114,000 people.... read more | |
| 20.10.08 | Spain: The Prosecution appeals Garzón's decision to declare himself competent to investigate crimes under Franco The Office of the Prosecution of the National Court has today, 20th October lodged an appeal against the order issued last Oct. 16 by Judge Baltasar Garzón, considering that there is "no jurisdiction" to investigate crimes committed during the Civil War and the Franco regime. Continue reading this... read more |  |
| 20.10.08 | Iran/Iraq: Significant step forward in search for missing persons from 1980-1988 war A memorandum of understanding aimed at clarifying the fate of persons missing in connection with the 1980-1988 war was signed today in Geneva by the governments of Iraq and Iran and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) read more | |
| 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 |  |