Category Archives: Articles

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 »

Netherlands Commemorate the Involuntarily Disappeared Belarusians

19/09/2017

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 »

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

30/08/2017

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 »

17 Years Since Abduction of Dzmitry Zavadski

07/07/2017

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 »

The involuntary disappeared Belarussians are commemorated in Eindhoven

17/09/2015

On September 16 2015, which marked the 16th 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 8th annual commemoration ceremony in Eindhoven dedicated to the four Belarusians. The ceremony traditionally took… Read More »

International Week of the Disappeared: ICAED Statement

26/05/2015

Statement of the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances International Week of the Disappeared 25-29 May 2015 Every last week of May, we commemorate the International Week of the Disappeared (IWD), a painful reminder that thousands of families still await information on the fate of their loved ones who have disappeared and thousands of disappeared persons… Read More »

Andrea Rigoni will address the issue of the involuntary disappearances with the authorities during his visit to Belarus

24/02/2015

Relatives of the involuntary disappeared Belarusians sent an open letter to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Rapporteur on Belarus Mr. Andrea Rigoni, who is visiting Belarus 24-26 February. In their letter they asked the Rapporteur to rise this issue of the involuntary disappearances of the four men with the Belarusian authorities.The… Read More »