The retrieval of the bodies of thousands of victims trapped under the rubble in Gaza requires urgent international intervention.
Gaza – The Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared expressed deep concern over the ongoing Israeli obstruction of the entry of necessary equipment to retrieve the bodies of thousands of victims trapped under the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel in the Gaza Strip. The center called on international institutions to assume their
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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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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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