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| 17.07.09 | Russian human rights defender killed Human rights organisations, including Aim for human rights, are shocked to hear that yet another prominent human rights activist from the Russian Republic has been murdered. Wednesday morning, Natalia Estemirova (50) was kidnapped in front of her house in the Chechnian capital Grozny. Several hours... read more |  |
| 06.07.09 | Namibia: Remembering Lubango Last Saturday, 4th July, the the NGO Breaking the Wall of Silence (BWS) observed the Day of Remembrance in honour of those Namibians who either died or went missing in Swapo jails in exile during our war of national liberation. Here an article published prior to the occasion. read more | |
| 06.07.09 | Nepal: Prime Minister urged to commit to combating enforced disappearances Amnesty International representatives visited Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday and called on him to ratify a human rights treaty aimed at combating enforced disappearances. read more | |
| 03.07.09 | Bosnia-Herzegovina: TRIAL submits a General Allegation to the UNWGEID TRIAL (Track Impunity Always - Swiss association against impunity) has submitted to the UNWGEID a General Allegation about the existing obstacles to the implementation of 1992 Declaration in BiH, requesting the Group to transmit the allegations to the government of BiH and to invite it to give its... read more | |
| 03.07.09 | Nepal: International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances urges ratification of the Convention The International Coalition against enforced disappearances (ICAED) has organised a worldwide letter-writing campaign to call for the ratification of the International Convention against Enforced Disappearances. Every month a different country is targeted in this campaign. In the month of June,... read more | |
| 03.07.09 | Honduras: ACHR expresses concern over suspension of guarantees and amplifies precautionary measures. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is deeply concerned over the executive decree 011-2009 adopted by the de facto authorities in Honduras, through which fundamental rights have been restricted, such as personal liberty, allowing incommunicado detention for more than 24 hours,... read more | |
| 03.07.09 | Asia: IACHR encourages ASEAN to create independent HR mechanism Yesterday 2nd of July, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights welcomed in a press release, the progress made by the ASEA (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) toward establishing a regional human rights body. Continue reading the press release. read more | |
| 25.06.09 | Namibia: UN Wants Answers On Mass Graves 21st June was the deadline given to Namibia by the United Nations to shed more light on the alleged disappearance of people following the 2008 discovery of mass graves by the National Society for Human Rights. The NSHR submitted a dossier to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary... read more | |
| 25.06.09 | Turkey: ECHR has accepted the case of Gülmez The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has decided to hear the case of Nazım Gülmez, who has been missing for 15 years. read more | |
| 21.06.09 | Sri Lanka: Rising Threat of Post-War Disappearances and Injustice The Sri Lankan government’s failure to address serious human rights violations in the immediate post-war environment is leading to growing concerns of new disappearances, unlawful killings and unauthorised incarcerations, marked by attacks on persons reporting on these matters. read more |