Al-Majdalawi: 100 Cases of Disappearance Documented in Two Weeks
Ghazi Al-Majdalawi, the lead researcher at the Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared, announced the documentation of 100 cases of disappearance in the Gaza Strip within just two weeks of the center’s efforts to monitor and record cases of missing and forcibly disappeared persons resulting from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the region.
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Rights of the families of the missing
How we defined the family members? Family members are individuals connected to the missing person by blood or through social family structures. This includes biological children, adopted children, stepchildren, spouses or life partners, parents (including in-laws and adoptive parents), and siblings (whether born to the same parents, different parents, or adopted). In some countries, this
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What do you know about enforced disappearance?
Enforced disappearance refers to the arrest, detention, abduction, or any form of deprivation of liberty carried out by state officials or individuals or groups acting with the authorization or support of the state, or with its consent, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of the individual’s liberty or to disclose the fate or
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Mohammad Banat… An Unknown Fate and a Grieving Family
On a night in late December 2024, it seemed like any other night for the family of Mohammad Jamal Atiya Banat. But that night turned into the beginning of a long nightmare with no end in sight. The 38-year-old father left home and never returned, disappearing under mysterious circumstances without a trace, leaving behind a
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Gaza Searches for Its Missing: Among the Rubble, Prisons, and Mass Graves
In the devastated streets of Gaza, amidst the rubble that has become silent witnesses to an unending tragedy, families search for their missing loved ones. Some were buried under the debris, others were taken to Israeli detention centers without a trace, while hundreds were buried in unknown mass graves. Thousands of families live in painful
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International Day of the Victims of Forced Disappearances – 30 August
Forced disappearance is often used as a strategic tool to spread terror within society. The sense of insecurity it generates does not only affect the relatives of the disappeared, but also local communities and society as a whole. Forced disappearance has become a global issue, no longer confined to a specific region of the world.
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Missing in Gaza: The Signs of ‘Tragedy’ Unfold
In the Al-Zana area, east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Jadallah (53 years old) stood in front of the remains of his home, after rushing there to search for his missing son, Omar (24 years old), who has been missing since his displacement to Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
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