On September 16th 2018, which marked the 19th anniversary of the involuntary disappearance of Viktor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky, the city of Eindhoven, Netherlands, traditionally commemorated the two men, as well as disappeared Yuri Zakharenko and Dmitry Zavadsky. The first commemoration in Eindhoven dates back to September 16th, 2008, when cities of Eindhoven and Minsk… Read More »
On Sunday September 16th , 2018, which marks the 19th 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 11th annual commemoration ceremony in Eindhoven dedicated to the four prominent Belarusians. The… Read More »
The International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) stands in solidarity with all the world’s desaparecidos and their families as we commemorate this year’s International Day of the Disappeared (IDD). On the eighth year since the United Nations put the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances (Convention) into force, the global… Read More »
“Search and investigation are international law obligations not an option,” say UN experts on enforced disappearances GENEVA (28 August 2018) – States around the world must act urgently to search for people who have been subject to enforced disappearances, and ensure that this heinous crime is properly investigated, say a group of UN human rights… Read More »
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 »
Women Search for their Disappeared: Statement of the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearance (CIWR.org is an active member) has been published due to the upcoming Human Rights Day (10 December 2016). You can find it in the Documents section.
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