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Former official under Belarus President Lukashenko to face Swiss trial over enforced disappearances
1 year, 3 months ago

Former official under Belarus President Lukashenko to face Swiss trial over enforced disappearances

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A former member of Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko’s special security forces is to face trial in Switzerland next month for the forced disappearances of political opponents in the late 1990s, rights groups said Wednesday. Activists called it a “watershed moment” in international justice that could trigger prosecutions abroad of other Belarus officials — including Lukashenko, whose regime has …

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‘Hope never dies’: Venezuelan migrants disappear in Colombia
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Hope never dies’: Venezuelan migrants disappear in Colombia

Al Jazeera  

Human rights groups say the state is not doing enough to find hundreds of Venezuelans who have gone missing in Colombia. Still contemplating what might have happened to her son, she holds onto one clue: “His coworker had heard that the rebels took him.” According to the Colombian attorney general’s office, 288 Venezuelans have been reported as victims of forced …

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Bangladesh’s RAB received foreign intelligence training in the EU
2 years ago

Bangladesh’s RAB received foreign intelligence training in the EU

Al Jazeera  

Despite being accused of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, the notorious Rapid Action Battalion was hosted in Poland and the Netherlands. “We are concerned that these governments are perhaps enabling the abuses that RAB has already been accused of and been found responsible for,” Human Rights Watch Southeast Asia Director Meenakshi Ganguly told Al Jazeera. “Diplomacy and development partnership …

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Why are people disappearing in Balochistan?
2 years, 7 months ago

Why are people disappearing in Balochistan?

Al Jazeera  

The Take asks why enforced disappearances are still happening in Balochistan. And in the southwest province of Balochistan, in particular, some human rights groups say thousands of people are missing. In this episode, The Take asks why disappearances are still happening, and talks to the family member of a victim about how her life has been affected. In this episode: …

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Burundi rights report cites torture, abuse by state agents
3 years, 1 month ago

Burundi rights report cites torture, abuse by state agents

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Burundi is experiencing a rise in torture and enforced disappearances in “a clear pattern” of abuses that undermines limited rights improvements under President Evariste Ndayishimiye, according to a group of independent researchers. “Since mid-2021, Burundi’s approach to human rights has taken a concerning turn for the worse,” the report said. “Following a series of armed attacks and …

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Bangladesh disputes study into alleged forced disappearances
3 years, 4 months ago

Bangladesh disputes study into alleged forced disappearances

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh on Wednesday disputed a Human Rights Watch investigation into disappearances of government critics and others as built on questionable, uncorroborated allegations that security forces were involved. She added in the statement that the study “conflates” what could be kidnappings with “government- Shahriar said Bangladesh investigates every reported disappearance, but that it “cannot, logistically or legally, give …

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UN urged to probe alleged disappearances in Bangladesh
3 years, 4 months ago

UN urged to probe alleged disappearances in Bangladesh

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A global human rights group urged the United Nations on Monday to lead an independent investigation into the alleged disappearances of government critics and others at the hands of security forces in Bangladesh, an allegation the country’s government has long denied. “Bangladesh authorities mock victims and routinely obstruct investigations, making clear that the government has no intention …

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Mexico detains 30 Marines accused of disappearances
3 years, 8 months ago

Mexico detains 30 Marines accused of disappearances

Al Jazeera  

The Marines have been arrested in connection with the disappearances of an unspecified number of people in Tamaulipas state in 2014, the Navy said. Prosecutors in Mexico have arrested 30 Marines in connection with the disappearance of an unspecified number of people in the northern state of Tamaulipas in 2014, the Navy said on Monday. “Thirty naval service members were …

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Deaths of Karima Baloch, Sajid Hussain bound to raise uncomfortable questions for Pakistan on Balochistan
4 years ago

Deaths of Karima Baloch, Sajid Hussain bound to raise uncomfortable questions for Pakistan on Balochistan

Firstpost  

The death of a high-profile critic of the Pakistan government, one that fled that country in 2016 and sought refuge in Canada saying she was in fear for her life because of the army and intel agencies, is in itself sure to raise uncomfortable questions for Islamabad Over the weekend, Karima Baloch, a prominent Baloch rights activist, was found dead …

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