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Argentina Continues to Seek Truth and Justice, Despite the Hurdles

By Daniel Gutman
Thirty-four years after Argentina’s return to democracy, more than 500 cases involving human rights abuses committed during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship are making their way through the courts. This high number not only shows that the process of truth and justice is ongoing, but also reflects the delays and the slow process of justice.

Victims of El Salvador’s Civil War Demand Reparations

By Edgardo Ayala
Among the sea of names of victims of the Salvadoran civil war, engraved on a long black granite wall, Matilde Asencio managed to find the name of her son, Salvador.

Women Often Forgotten In Cases Of Forced Disappearance

By Josh Butler
Governments must do more to address the impacts of forced disappearances of women, according to an international justice report released Monday.

Families of ‘Desaparecidos’ Take Search into Their Own Hands

By Emilio Godoy
Carlos Trujillo refuses to give up, after years of tirelessly searching hospitals, morgues, prisons, cemeteries and clandestine graves in Mexico, looking for his four missing brothers.

In Sri Lanka Cartoonists Aren’t Killed – They’re Disappeared

By Kanya D'Almeida
Scenes from the brutal shooting of 12 journalists with the French satirical weekly ‘Charlie Hebdo’ have monopolised headlines worldwide ever since two men opened fire in the magazine’s Paris office on Jan. 7.

Touaregs Seek Secular and Democratic Multi-Ethnic State

By Karlos Zurutuza
The government of Mali and Touareg rebels representing Azawad, a territory in northern Mali which declared unilateral independence in 2012 after a Touareg rebellion drove out the Malian army, resumed peace talks in Algiers last week, intended to end decades of conflict.


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