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International Committee Against Disappearances - ICAD

BP, stop corporate violence in Colombia!

On the 2nd of June 2010 a commando group of the National Army of Colombia equipped with combat arms burst in at the installations of the BP’s Central Processing Facility of Tauramena, Casanare, where they met workers affiliated with the USO, oil workers Union of Colombia, engaged in peaceful
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End the Barbaric Attacks on Kurds in Iran!

The executions, torture and unjust imprisonments carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran for 31 years on the Persian people and other national ethnicities, particularly the Kurds, Azeri and Baluch people living in the country, have recently became intense against the Kurdish people and their regional political leaders. While the Kurdish politicians such as Farzan Kamangar, Ali Heydarian, Ferhad Vakili, Shirin Alam Holi had been executed without any prior warning to their lawyers and families following the hearings in the so-called “Revolutionary Court of Iran” that lasted less than 5 minutes, on the other hand
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We protest Israel’s brutal massacre!

The Zionist Israel has carried out another vicious massacre. It once more showed that it knows no limit in enmity against Palestinian people. It again proved that it feeds with blood. It showed the world that it does not content itself with killing Palestinians and destroying Palestine everyday, but is equal to its master US in barbarism and it does not show any tolerance even to humanitarian aid.

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What are Disappearances?

What are Disappearances?

Disappearances are a special form of violence by the state against the people. A disappearance occurs when a person is arrested or detained without that detention being admitted by the state authorities, and without any information being given to the family or friends of the missing person. One of the huge horrors for the family of the disappeared is, not knowing the whereabouts of their loved ones, or even whether they are alive or dead.

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Foundation of ICAD and its struggle

Foundation of ICAD

In Latin America the struggle against forced disappearances started. The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo became yardstick for many people in other countries, e.g. Turkey, where the struggle started with the campaign to save the life of Hasan Ocak. He had been disappeared on March 21, 1995 due to his political activities.

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Conferences

ICAD tries to co-ordinate and organise the struggle against disappearances on international level. For this purpose we organised international conferences in countries, where disappearances still occur or where the backer of this violation are situated. ICAD is aware that disappearances are international problems and that multi national companies play a significant role.

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