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Killings and Disappearances (264)
Nov 4 2015 3:35pm
Between prison and the grave – enforced disappearances in Syria
Tens of thousands of people in Syria have vanished without a trace. Th...
Sep 30 2015 1:20pm
A mother disappeared - Aster Fissehatsion's son reflects
Aster Fissehatsion has been missing for 14 years. She was arrested in ...
Aug 11 2015 4:13pm
Central African Republic: UN troops implicated in rape of 12-year-old girl and unlawful killings must be investigated
The rape of a 12-year-old girl and the apparent indiscriminate kill...
Aug 7 2015 2:01pm
Syria: Islamic State must release 230 civilians kidnapped after Al-Qaryatain battle
Responding to reports that around 230 people have been abducted in ...
Aug 7 2015 12:22pm
Bangladesh: savage killing of blogger Niloy Neel must not go unpunished
‘The price for holding opinions and expressing them freely must not...
Aug 5 2015 11:56am
Libya: new report shows that abductions by armed groups is rampant
Hundreds abducted face torture and summary killing, with bodies lef...
Jul 13 2015 5:52pm
Still missing. Twenty years is too long to wait for truth and justice.
On Saturday I stood on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields to remembe...
Jun 29 2015 6:16pm
Egypt: prosecutor's killing despicable but should not be pretext for state repression
‘The killing of Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat was a despicable, ...
Jun 10 2015 12:00am
Iraq: Yezidis carried out village massacre of Sunnis as anti-Islamic State backlash continues
Year on from Islamic State’s capture of Mosul, Shi’a militia have c...
Jun 2 2015 1:08pm
Afghanistan must bolster protection for aid workers after latest disgraceful killings
The killing of nine people - mostly humanitarian workers - in a gun...