Web pages about "Disappearances And Abductions"

USA: Government should re-issue visa for Pakistani human rights defender - 22 September 2008

Amnesty International today called on the US government to re-issue a visa to Pakistani human rights defender Amina Masood, after an earlier visa was revoked on "security and related grounds".

Poland: government must investigate secret CIA jails - 12 September 2008

With evidence that the CIA operated a secret detention facility in Poland mounting, Amnesty International has welcomed the news that public prosecutors have initiated an investigation into these long-standing allegations. 

New Pakistani president must improve human rights - 10 September 2008

With the swearing in of Musharraf's successor, Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani government should act immediately to reverse the country's human rights record.

Video: The International Day of the Disappeared - 3 September 2008

Saturday 30 August marked the 25th anniversary of this annual rememberance of all victims of enforced disappearance around the world.

Video: Protest launches tour against enforced disappearance in Pakistan - 3 September 2008

Amnesty International called on the Pakistan government to reveal the fate and whereabouts of hundreds of disappeared people, amid international protests to mark the 25th International Day of the Disappeared on Saturday 30 August.

Musharraf is gone, but still no sign of the disappeared - 2 September 2008

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.

Protest launches tour against enforced disappearance in Pakistan - 2 September 2008

On the 25th International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International and Amina Janjua, the founder of Defence of Human Rights, called upon the Pakistan government to reveal the fate and whereabouts of hundreds of disappeared people.

25 years remembering the disappeared - 29 August 2008

Since the International Day of the Disappeared was started in 1983, the government practice of kidnapping, abducting or detaining people and holding them in secret has continued and spread as more countries accept and justify this crime.

Amnesty International welcomes life sentences for Argentinean military officers - 29 August 2008

Organization also calls on the Argentinean authorities to investigate the 2006 disappearance of Jorge Julio López.

Pakistan: New government must seize the opportunity to reveal the truth about enforced disappearances - 23 July 2008

"The new government of Pakistan should immediately reveal details of where hundreds of missing people, the victims of enforced disappearances, are being held, investigate all cases and hold to account those responsible -- including the country's security and intelligence agencies," said Amnesty International in a report released today.