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INTERNATIONAL DAY
OF THE DISAPPEARED |
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Date-wise Events |
August 30, every
year |
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Description |
- To draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned
at places and under poor conditions unknown to their
relatives and/or legal representatives.
- Work on secret imprisonment is an important part of the
activities for a number of international bodies and
organizations in the fields of human rights activism and
humanitarian aid.
- In some cases, the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) is the only institution granted access to
specific groups of prisoners, thereby enabling a minimum
level of contact and inspection of their treatment.
- For affected families, messages transmitted by the ICRC
are often the only hint about the fate of these prisoners.
- These missing may be detained, stranded in foreign
countries, hospitalized or dead.
- Imprisonment under secret or uncertain circumstances is
a grave violation of some conceptions of human rights as
well as, in the case of an armed conflict, of International
Humanitarian Law.
- On this day, 30 August 2010, the fate of tens of
thousands of innocent Baluch youth and elders remains
unknown.
- Thousands of Baluch families in occupied Baluchistan are
looking for justice for their beloveds and peace of mind for
themselves in particular and for the Baluch society in
general.
- The issue of enforced-disappearances in Baluchistan is
not a new phenomenon; it started from the day when
Baluchistan has been illegally occupied at gun point.
- Disappeared Baluch persons from occupied Baluchistan
have been denied the right to a proper arrest and to a fair
trial.
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