Argentines commemorate coup as Milei sows doubt about dictatorship past
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Thousands of Argentines took to the streets around the country on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the 1976 military coup that lasted eight years and led to widespread repression, torture and disappearances. Several local and human rights groups gathered in Buenos Aires, waving banners, singing songs and carrying photos of […]
A “fearless fight”: Their children disappeared in Argentina’s dictatorship. These mothers have looked for them since
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, reports on the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo…
AI imagines kids of victims kidnapped during Argentina dictatorship
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters A project by Argentine artist Santiago Barros uses artificial intelligence to imagine what the children of those who disappeared during the country’s bloody military dictatorship (1976-1983) would look like today. “Seeing them look you in the eyes, it makes you question, it reminds you the horror is still out there, that […]
Argentina “death flight” plane returned from US
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Argentine officials on Monday welcomed the return of an airplane from which the country’s last military dictatorship threw political opponents to their deaths, and that will now be part of a museum dedicated to the victims’ memory. The turboprop plane took part in the so-called “death flights” that Argentina’s bloody 1976-1983 dictatorship […]
Searching for the disappeared must be priority at Colombia peace talks -official
Bogota, Colombia Reuters The search for tens of thousands of people who were disappeared during Colombia’s six-decade conflict must be a priority at peace and surrender talks with rebel groups and crime gangs, the top official tasked with finding them said on Wednesday. At least 104,600 people have been forcibly disappeared in connection with Colombia’s […]
Mexico’s missing: As numbers mount, families keep searching
STEFANIE ESCHENBACHER and MAHE ELIPE, of Reuters, report on how families are involved in the ongoing search to find the more than 100,000 people missing in Mexico…
Mexico’s official ‘disappeared’ list grows to more than 100,000
Mexico City, MexicoReuters The number of people officially listed as disappeared in Mexico has risen to more than 100,000, government data showed on Monday, as family groups called on authorities to do more to find victims of violence linked to organised crime. The Interior Ministry’s national registry of missing people dates back to 1964 and […]
Syrians in Berlin seek release of loved ones after presidential amnesty
Berlin, Germany/Damascus, SyriaReuters For 10 years, Rojin Derki hoped her brother Mohammad was still alive and would one day be released from a Syrian government prison after his arrest in 2012. Yet when a presidential decree last week gave a general amnesty for prisoners, she had mixed feelings. “It’s an ugly feeling because you don’t […]
Colombia court says 5,733 people killed, disappeared in campaign against left-wing party
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Some 5,733 people were killed or disappeared in Colombia as part of a campaign against the left-wing Patriotic Union party between 1984 and 2016, acts linked to paramilitaries with military backing, the country’s transitional justice tribunal said on Friday. According to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), some 4,616 of the victims were […]
Finding the disappeared: Colombia’s cemeteries may hold answers for families
JULIA SYMMES COBB, of Reuters, reports on the ongoing search for those who disappeared during 60 years of conflict in the South American nation…