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| 14.04.09 | Eritrea: Detentions without trial and enforced disappearances The articles 'Controversies on EU’s country strategy paper for Eritrea' and 'The Tragedy of fighter Meriam Hagos: Disappeared in the “Eritrean Way”' both published earlier this year, describe the human rights situation that Eritrean citizens are experiencing. According to Daniel R. Mekonnen, author... read more | |
| 31.03.09 | Morocco: Family organisations appeal for continuation of investigations on disappearances In this communication, two Moroccan organisations of relatives of disappeared persons ("Forum marocain pour la Vérité et la Justice" and "Comité de Coordination des Familles des disparus et des victimes de la disparition forcée au Maroc") reiterate their call for continuing investigations for the... read more | |
| 31.03.09 | Guatemala opens book on decades of abuses Families of Guatemalans who disappeared years ago have a new opportunity to find answers as authorities make available a vast archive on human rights abuses and police activities. read more | |
| 24.03.09 | China: Activist Feng Zhenghu victim of enforced disappearance AI: The Chinese government should immediately reveal the whereabouts of prominent human rights defender Feng Zhenghu, whose detention by security forces in Beijing on 15 February ago has just come to light. In the 40 days that he has been held by the authorities, neither his whereabouts or the... read more | |
| 24.03.09 | Serbia/Kosovo: Ten years of impunity for enforced abductions and disappearances Ten years after the end of the war in Kosovo impunity for enforced disappearances and abductions remains one of the most serious human rights violations arising from the armed conflict and its aftermath. In June 2009, to mark the tenth anniversary of the end of the armed conflict, Amnesty... read more | |
| 24.03.09 | UN Launches Probe of Secret Detention Sites U.N. human rights investigators are launching a year-long global investigation into secret places of detention. The investigators say their probe will look at so-called rendition flights used by the Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, in the United States to secretly transfer suspects to third... read more | |
| 16.03.09 | Russia: ECHR Condemns Russia in Three Cases from Chechnya On the 12th of March the European Court of Human Rights unanimously condemned Russia for the enforced disappearance of 13 men in different locations in Chechnya between January 2001 and January 2003, Russian Justice Initiative says. read more | |
| 16.03.09 | Iraq: Arrest and disappearance of Mr Al-Dainy, Member of Iraqi Parliament Mr Al-Dainy, an Iraqi Member of Parliament, and a human rights defender was arrested in Iraq on Wednesday 25 February 2009 by government forces, on false charges. It appears he was initially released, however now his current whereabouts are unknown and needs to be clarified. It is still believed he... read more | |
| 16.03.09 | Turkey: Turkey Begins Dig for Missing Kurds Official statistics show 1,412 unsolved murders in 1991 to 1995 as part of the Kurdish conflict. A representative of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation estimates at least 5,000 people were killed, of which 1,000 are missing and presumed dead. read more | |
| 16.03.09 | Thailand: Resolve ‘Disappearance’ Case (HRW) The new government of Thailand should ensure that those responsible for the enforced disappearance and presumed murder of prominent Muslim human rights lawyer, Somchai Neelappaijit, are finally brought to justice five years after his abduction, Human Rights Watch said in a news report last 11th of... read more |