UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared
The call accompanies the launch of a key report by OHCHR, highlighting also the need for the Government to acknowledge the involvement of State security forces and to issue a…
World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’
Wad Madani is located some 140 kilometres southeast of the war-torn capital Khartoum and sits at the heart of Al Jazirah state, known as Sudan’s breadbasket. Nearly half a million…
One Million Iraqis Disappeared in Half a Century, United Nations
New York: During the half-century of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorial regime, the US-led invasion of the country and the rise of the terrorist organization Daesh in the region, up to one…
UN chief calls for new tool to find 100,000 ‘disappeared’ Syrians
Entering its 13th year of brutal civil war and scrambling to recover from devastating earthquakes in February, Syria and its people “deserve peace” and to know the truth about the…
Kim Jong-un once again disappeared from public view
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un—file photo North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has once again disappeared from the public eye. Kim Jong-un’s alleged disappearance ahead of this week’s parade in Pyongyang…