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Khaled Nezzar case: No more hope for victims to obtain justice
10.12.2025 - (Last modified: 12.12.2025)
The origins of the case
Hope was born on 22 October 2011, the day former Algerian Defence Minister Khaled Nezzar was arrested in Switzerland. Five victims had brought civil proceedings against him, accusing him of participating in the war crimes of torture, inhuman treatment, arbitrary detention and murder, as crimes against humanity.
The events allegedly took pla...
Fall of the Syrian regime: the closure of the Rifaat al-Assad case in Switzerland would...
16.12.2024 - (Last modified: 30.01.2025)
Human Rights and Justice Centre: Facilitating justice for victims and survivors of Nepa...
13.02.2024
BELARUS: Acquittal of Lukashenka regime henchman in Switzerland
28.09.2023 - (Last modified: 29.09.2023)
Accountability for Enforced Disappearances in Belarus: Former member of President Lukas...
30.08.2023 - (Last modified: 20.09.2023)
Rights Groups File Complaint Asking France to Investigate Saudi Crown Prince over Jamal...
28.07.2022
United Nations recognizes Nepal’s responsibility on the torture and extra-judicial kill...
24.05.2022
Words from Ram Maya Nakarmi, whose husband was taken away in 2003
When they came for Padam, Ram Maya Nakarmi's husband, everything went very quickly. She told me that she begged the security personnel to let her accompany them to the station. They refused but promised that her husband would come back the next day... Since then, 18 years have passed.
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