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| 19.05.09 | Sri Lanka: Human Rights Defender Abducted A human rights defender identified as Stephen Sunthararaj was abducted by five men whilst travelling in his lawyer's car in Colombo on May 7, the London based Amnesty International (AI) said in a statement fearing that he may have been subjected to enforced disappearance because of his work as a... read more | |
| 12.05.09 | EDIEC Newsletters Approximately every two months we publish the EDIEC Newsletter with the most relevant news and publications in that period. read more | |
| 06.05.09 | Update: Jestina Mukoko and 17 other activists are jailed again In Harare a judge revoked the bail of 18 Zimbabwean human rights and political activists 2 months after they had been conditionally released. Among these activists is Jestina Mukoko, Director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project. The activists are accused of trying to topple the Mugabe regime. The... read more | |
| 21.04.09 | New in EDIEC: Sentence on Alberto Fujimori Fujimori Sentence on former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori Fujimori by the Supreme Court to 25 years prison for the offences of aggravated kidnapping, murder, grievous bodily harm and crimes against humanity in the cases of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta. (In Spanish) read more | |
| 20.04.09 | Indonesia: Human Rights orgs. request the ratification of the Convention against disappearances IKOHI and KontraS, supported by the Madres de the Plaza de Mayo of Argentina, AFAD, and Amnesty Internasional request the National Commission of Human Rights to give special attention to the great slowness of the process to sign the Convention on Protection of All Persons from Enforced... read more | |
| 20.04.09 | Russian Federation: No progress in Chechnya without accountability Amnesty International warns that the normalization is not possible without accountability for the human rights violations perpetrated in the region during the last 10 years, even when Russia announced that normality has return to the territory. read more | |
| 16.04.09 | Nigeria: Police ‘disappear’ four in Port Harcourt On the 16th of March, Amnesty International warned that police in the Niger Delta region are increasingly using illegal and violent means to tackle suspected militants and criminals in the area – including enforced disappearances, torture, and illegal killings. read more | |
| 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 |