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Guterres calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances
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Enforced disappearance has regularly been used as a tool for instilling fear and exert control over a population. The feeling of insecurity it generates is not limited to close relatives of the disappeared, but also their communities and society as a whole. In a post on social media platform X, The UN chief said enforced…
Read MoreDPR Korea: Truth, justice needed amid ‘tragic’ legacy of enforced disappearances
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A new report by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) details enforced disappearances and abductions dating back to 1950. Heart-breaking testimony from some 80 victims shows how the crimes have caused long-lasting trauma, said UN rights chief Türk, who added that “entire generations of families have lived with the grief of not knowing the fate of…
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