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International day of the victims of enforced disappearances: those left behind

28.08.2020 - (Last modified: 27.08.2020)
Globe Nepal
Each 30 August, the world remembers that enforced disappearances is a widespread crime in many countries. Often used to...
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Yahya Jammeh

29.07.2020 - (Last modified: 04.04.2022)
Globe Equatorial Guinea
Facts Yahya Jammeh was born in 1969 in Kanilai in Gambia. In 1984, he entered gendarmerie and gradually made his way to the top, reaching the position of commander of the military police, a position which he held between 1991 and 1992. On 22 July 1994, he came to power following a coup d’état. A transitional government was subsequently established and lasted until 19...
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Enforced disappearances in Burundi, a widespread practice

28.07.2020 - (Last modified: 05.01.2021)
Globe Burundi
Since 2015, several political opponents and activists have disappeared without a trace. Burundian authorities, which hav...
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Gambia: No Justice for 2005 Massacre of Migrants

21.07.2020 - (Last modified: 15.07.2021)
Globe The Gambia
The families of more than 50 Ghanaian and other West African migrants killed in The Gambia and Senegal 15 years ago have...
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Srebrenica, 25 years later: the legacy of a genocide

10.07.2020
Globe Bosnia & Herzegovina
The world discovered with horror, just 25 years ago, that barbarism was not a thing of the past. Within a few days start...
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In Burundi, relatives of the disappeared are also victimized

16.01.2020
Globe Burundi
Since April 2015, Burundi is the scene of a massive increase in violence. Severe violations of human rights are regularl...
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Shining verdict in the Kokodikoko case (DRC)

19.11.2019 - (Last modified: 05.06.2024)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Three former militiamen, including the infamous warlord Kokodikoko, have been condemned for crimes against humanity. The...
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The disappearance of a Burundian activist unaccounted for… since 2015

07.10.2019
Globe Burundi
In Burundi, opposition to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third mandate was met with repression across the coun...
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UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi calls for utmost international vigilance

09.09.2019 - (Last modified: 10.03.2020)
Globe Burundi
On 4 September 2019, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (CoI) presented its latest set of conclusions on the situa...
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“We still hope that our father will return”

30.08.2019 - (Last modified: 29.08.2019)
Globe Nepal
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, TRIAL International remembers all the families torn...
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Burundi: Human rights violations denounced at the UN

05.07.2019 - (Last modified: 22.07.2019)
Globe Burundi
Killings, kidnappings, arrests and arbitrary detentions, torture… violations of fundamental rights are commonplace in Bu...
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Landmark UN decision condemns Nepal for forced labor and sexual violence

21.05.2019 - (Last modified: 23.05.2019)
Globe Nepal
On 20 May 2019, the Human Rights Committee (HRC) issued a landmark decision in the case of Fulmati Nyaya (pseudonym), an...
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