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| 01.09.08 | Press Release: Amnesty Interational - Musharraf is gone, but still no sign of the disappeared Saturday 30 August is International Day of the Disappeared. Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, calls on Pakistan's new government to publish details on those held in secret detention and shed light on the fate of many disappeared citizens. read more | |
| 01.09.08 | Press release: AFAD 'Reclaming Stolen Lives' The Asian Federation Against Disappearances commemorates the International Day of the Disappeared with the launch of the book entitled 'Reclaiming Stolen Lives'. This book is a collection of articles that reflects the reality of enforced disappearances in a significant number of Asian. It also... read more | |
| 01.09.08 | Press Release: Patricio Rice reflects on the Day of the Disappeared Patricio Rice, human rights defender, consultant of FEDEFAM and former enforced disappeared makes through this press release a reflexion of Day of the Disappeared in its 25th anniversary. Continue reading this statement in Spanish. read more | |
| 01.09.08 | Press Release: UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances on the Day of the Disappeared In this press release the UNWGEID reiterates its solidarity with all the victims of enforced disappearance and acknowledges the efforts of multiple parties who work for disappeared persons. It also shows the Group's concern about growing number of cases of victims mainly in Chad, Pakistan, the... read more |  |
| 01.09.08 | Press Release: National Society for Human Rights on the International Day of the Disappeared The Namibian organization National Society for Human Rights publishes a press release on the International Day of the Disappeared. In this communication NSHR remembers the more than 9,000 cases of enforced disappearances that have occurred in the recent history of Namibia and urges this country to... read more |  |
| 26.08.08 | Kashmir: The quite Fire of the Himalayas This article by Mohsin Mohi-Ud-Din published in MWC News analyzes the reasons for the enworsening situation currently lived in Kashmir these being the deterioration of human rights in the area together with a discriminatory state judicial system which guarantees impunity to security forces. The... read more |  |
| 26.08.08 | Franco's Disappeared - A painful past uncovered Article published in the British newspaper The Guardian about the exhumation of the mass graves from Franco's times. Baltasar Garzón, first judge involved in investigating Spain's disappeared, has demanded to open the official archives to reveal how many Spaniards were shot by firing squad and... read more |  |
| 18.08.08 | Suspected disappearances in Georgia The Human Rights organisation Human Rights Watch suspects enforced disappearance are occurring in Georgia at hands of armed Ossetian militias. There is still no information about fate of some eight men taken by the militia. The Russian military has the obligation to provide safety and humanitarian... read more | |
| 31.07.08 | (Update) Burgos' ma asks SC to reverse CA ruling on son's abduction MANILA, Philippines - The mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos wants the Supreme Court to reverse the ruling of the Court of Appeals (CA) that virtually cleared the military in the disappearance of her son. read more | |
| 30.07.08 | Solidarity Peace Trust release report on political violence in Zimbabwe Solidarity Peace Trust has released a report on political violence and human rights violence in Zimbabwe during the recent election period. The report also focuses on the increase of enforced disappearances in Zimbabwe. read more |