Eindhoven commemorates involuntary disappeared Belarusians

16/09/2020

On the twenty-first anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Anatoly Krasovsky and Dmitry Gonchar traditional memory ceremony took place in the city Eindhoven, Netherlands. Eindhoven commemorates Anatoly Krasovsky and Victor Gonchar as well as Yury Zakharenko and Dmitry Zavadsky since 2008. Back in that year on September 16 four trees were planted in the centre… Read More »

Alleged killer of Belarus politician meets victim’s daughter

18/02/2020

Two decades after Belarusian Interior Minister Yuri Zakharenko disappeared, his daughter has met a former agent who says he was involved in the politician’s murder. Zakharenko was never declared dead. Pale after a sleepless night, Jelena Zakharenko stood in front of the door of a building in Zurich. Waiting for her behind the door was… Read More »

Belarus: How death squads targeted opposition politicians

16/12/2019

Twenty years ago, some leading Belarusian opposition politicians disappeared without a trace. In an exclusive interview with DW, a key witness tells how he assisted a special unit in committing abduction and murder. In early September of this year, a man named Yuri Garavski contacted DW’s Russian Service. The 41-year-old is living as an asylum-seeker… Read More »

The Involuntarily Disappeared Belarusians were Commemorated in the Netherlands

27/09/2019

On the sad, tragic date, the 20th anniversary of the involuntary disappearance of Viktor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky, the city of Eindhoven, Netherlands, commemorated the two men, as well as involuntary disappeared Yuri Zakharenko and Dmitry Zavadsky. The commemoration ceremony took place on September 16th, 2019, at the site of living memorial Four Trees. The… Read More »

Twenty years without Viktor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky

16/09/2019

Today exactly twenty years ago politician Viktor Gonchar and businessman Anatoly Krasovsky were subjected to involuntary disappearance. On September 16 1999 Viktor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky had an appointment in a sauna house on Fabrichnaya street in Minsk. Due to witnesses of people living in the neighbouring apartment blocks, the two men were attacked by… Read More »

Press Statement for “Enforced Disappearance in Asia: Existing Laws, Challenges and Way Forward” Workshop

20/06/2019

Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) and Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) jointly organized an international workshop on “Enforced Disappearance in Asia: Existing Laws, Challenges and Way Forward” on May 27 and 28 2019 in Kathmandu. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, ViceChairperson of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearance, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee of Law,… Read More »

ICAED STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF THE DISAPPEARED 2019

30/05/2019

The International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) joins families worldwide in remembering the desaparecidos on the International Week of the Disappeared (IWD). The IWD is a time to reflect on the work that remains before every human rights advocate in the pursuit of truth and justice. This year, the ICAED calls on governments to ratify… Read More »

A Statement by ICAED on the 70 th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 2018

11/12/2018

WORLD: History of Human Rights Day should inspire States to afford justice and human dignity to citizens   The people’s struggles for affording human rights continue after seventy years of adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The inconsistency between the States’ pledges to adhere to international human rights norms and implementing them domestically… Read More »