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Syria: Nearly 100 kidnappings and disappearances confirmed

Published on: November 8, 2025
09:52

Damascus, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported that nearly 100 people have been registered as kidnapped or disappeared in Syria since January of this year.

Another missing youths in Ecuador points to the military

Published on: January 28, 2025
14:01

Quito, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) The disappearance of two young people in Ecuador again points to the military, a case similar to that of the four children in Guayaquil who were taken by uniformed officers and their bodies appeared weeks later.

Chile pays tribute to the victims of forced disappearances (+Photos)

Published on: August 30, 2024
07:53

Santiago de Chile, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) – Chilean authorities, humanitarian organizations, and memory sites will commemorate the International Day of Forced Disappearances with various events to honor the victims of the dictatorship.

Argentine organizations commemorate Day of the Victims

Published on: August 30, 2024
07:39

Buenos Aires, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Argentine organizations will commemorate the International Day of Victims of Forced Disappearances with talks, exhibitions and screenings of documentaries in a context marked by the rise of denialism and far-right forces.

Violence increases in Dominican streets on weekends

Published on: July 24, 2023
08:12

Santo Domingo, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The increase of violence is something common in the Dominican Republic, especially on weekends, when the news outlets speak, as today, of femicides, robberies and disappearances occurred in the last hours.

Thirty-five children disappear in Italy each day

Published on: August 5, 2022
10:23

Rome, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Every day an average of 53 people disappear in Italy, including 35 minors, and in more than half of the cases they are never heard from again, an official report revealed.

Colombia’s Prosecutor’s Office and Police blamed for disappearances

Published on: May 30, 2021
12:41

Bogota, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Columnist Daniel Coronell on Sunday questioned the actions of the National Police and the Attorney General's Office of Colombia in relation to the missing persons, who amount to dozens, in the context of the national strike in Colombia.

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