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December 2013 Report:
WITHOUT A TRACE: ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES IN SYRIA
TRAUMA - TERROR - PAIN &
ANXIETY FOR WOMEN OF THE DISAPPEARED IN SYRIA
"Women, standing outside
detention centres and holding photographs of their disappeared male relatives,
have become an enduring image of suffering in Syria. It is an image which
speaks to the essence of the violation of enforced disappearances, the taking
of a loved one, the desparate search for information through official and
unofficial channels, and the torment of those left behind. Those who wait are
often the only visible trace of the violation."
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Enforced disappearances are being
committed throughout Syria as part of a campaign of intimidation and as a
tactic of war, says a report published by the United Nations panel
investigating human rights violations in Syria.
"Without
a trace: enforced disappearances in Syria,” the second thematic report by the
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, concludes that there
are reasonable grounds to believe that acts of enforced disappearances were
committed by Government forces as part of widespread and systematic attacks
against civilians amounting to a crime against humanity.
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