On September 16 2017, which marked the 18th anniversary of the involuntary disappearance of Viktor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky, the city of Eindhoven, Netherlands, commemorated the two men, as well as disappeared Yuri Zakharenko and Dmitry Zavadsky. It was the 10th annual commemoration ceremony in Eindhoven. The first one dates back to September 16th, 2008.… Read More »
On September 16 2017, which marks the 18th anniversary of the involuntary disappearance of Viktor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky, the city of Eindhoven, Netherlands, commemorates the two men, as well as disappeared Yuri Zakharenko and Dmitry Zavadsky. It is the 10th annual commemoration ceremony in Eindhoven dedicated to the four Belarusians. The ceremony traditionally takes… Read More »
Enforced disappearance has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within the society. The feeling of insecurity generated by this practice is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared, but also affects their communities and society as a whole. Enforced disappearance has become a global problem and is not restricted to… Read More »
Today, 17 years turns since Dzmitry Zavadski disappeared; no body has been recovered, no full points in the criminal case In July 1997 he and ORT reporter Pavel Sheremet were arrested for filming a report about the vulnerability of the Belarus Lithuania state border. Zavadski covered the second Chechen war in 1999. TV cameraman Dzmitry… Read More »
17 February 2017 – Marking the tenth anniversary of an historic treaty to keep people from suffering enforced disappearance or secret detentions, the United Nations today urged all Governments that have not done so to ratify it, as the world body honoured victims separated from their loved ones. The UN General Assembly adopted the International… Read More »
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