Turkey allows decades-old mothers’ vigil after five-year ban
Ankara, TurkeyReuters Members of a group of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances in Turkey held a vigil on Saturday in central Istanbul without police intervention for the first time since 2018. A member of the Saturday Mothers looks out of the window of Human Rights Association after they were prevented by the security forces […]
Iran violations may amount to crimes against humanity – UN expert
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Iran’s authorities have committed violations in recent months that may amount to crimes against humanity, a UN-appointed expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday, citing cases of murder, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture, rape, sexual violence and persecution. Iran has been swept by protests since the death of a young Iranian Kurdish woman, […]
Families in Sri Lanka yearn for answers on relatives who disappeared in civil war
Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka Reuters Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding up photographs, black flags and burning torches. During a brutal 26-year civil war between the Sri Lankan government and a militant group, the […]
Governments must act urgently to address issue of “enforced disappearances”, say UN experts
Governments must act urgently to find people who have been the subject of “enforced disappearances” and ensure the crime is properly investigated, according to a group of UN human rights experts. Marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on 30th August, the UN experts released a statement saying relatives of those who […]