Enforced disappearances still an appalling reality in the Americas

Headline Title:  Enforced disappearances still an appalling reality in the Americas 29 August 2013 Enforced disappearances in the Americas are not only an inheritance of the dark past of the authoritarian governments of the 1970s and 80s, but also an appalling ongoing practice, Amnesty International said as it marked the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. “In Colombia and in Mexico, the authorities aren’t facing up to a serious ongoing problem of enforced disappearances,” said Guadalupe Marengo, Amnesty International’s Americas Programme Director. “Both countries’…

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