Balkans: Thousands still missing two decades after conflicts

Headline Title: Balkans: Thousands still missing two decades after conflicts 29 August 2012 Some 14,000 people remain unaccounted for in the countries that make up the former Yugoslavia – nearly half of the total number who disappeared in the decade since war broke out in 1991. Between 1991 and 2001, a total of 34,700 people were reported missing due to enforced disappearances or abductions in the region. The majority of their relatives are still waiting for justice. In a briefing published today on the International Day of the Disappeared, The right to know: Families still left in…

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