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| 21.06.09 | Belarus: Zinaida Hanchar asks UN to find out what Lukashenka knows about missing politicians The wife of the disappeared Vice Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus has sent a letter to the secretary of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Giovanna Zucchelli. In the address to the international institution the wife of the missing politician Viktar Hanchar asks to... read more | |
| 21.06.09 | UNWGEID to visit and hold 88th session in Morocco The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will visit Morocco from 22 to 25 June 2009. The purpose of the visit is to collect information which may lead to the clarification of outstanding cases of enforced disappearances in the country as well as to take stock the experience of... read more | |
| 18.06.09 | Sri Lanka: Commission of Inquires ended without renewal The Sri Lankan government has ended the special inquiry on human rights violations occurred during the armed conflict. The Presidential Commission of Inquires was established in 2006 and had a mandate to investigate 16 cases of killings, enforced disappearances and assassinations and other serious... read more | |
| 18.06.09 | Pakistan: Balochistan goes on strike against disappearances Last Monday 25th of May the Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) called for the strike against the alleged enforced disappearance of BSO Vice-Chairman Zakir Majeed Baloch. read more | |
| 15.06.09 | Kenya: Government must act urgently to end impunity and bring about essential reforms Extensive research shows longstanding and widespread human rights violations like enforced disappearances by police and security. The Accord and the establishment of the Coalition Government presented a window of opportunity to break the persistent culture of impunity and bring about much needed... read more | |
| 15.06.09 | Peru: Human rights organisation reports disappearances The Human Rights Association of Peru (APRODEH) has reported that 61 people are still missing in the area of the Peruvian Amazon where 24 policemen and 9 civilians where killed last weekend. Continue reading this news article in Spanish. read more | |
| 09.06.09 | Sri Lanka: Avoid a Postwar Witch Hunt On the 3rd of June Human Rights Watch has declared that the Sri Lankan government should ensure that military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam does not result in new "disappearances," unlawful killings or the jailing of government critics read more | |
| 03.06.09 | ICJ urges Nepalese Government to enact Bill On the second anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision on enforced disappearances, the ICJ has urged the Government to enact the Bill on enforced disappearances. read more | |
| 02.06.09 | Kashmir: "Tragedy of contradictions" Analysis on the series of contradictory reports and statements made by the Indian Government in relation to the number and reasons for disappearances that have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir since the end of the ‘80s. read more | |
| 02.06.09 | Colombia: Collection of signatures by the Convention against Enforced Disappearances Last May 30 thousands of people gathered in the Colombian cities of Bogota and Medellin to collect signatures to request President Álvaro Uribe to ratify the International Convention against Enforced Disappearances. Continue reading this news item in Spanish read more |