The Collectif Al-Haqiqa, composed notably of FEMED member associations in Morocco, and MEP Marie Christine Vergiat organized a colloquium on enforced disappearance and impunity in Morocco at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 9, 2014. Several personalities led the colloquium. Among them: Marie Christine Vergiat, MEP for the... Continue reading MOROCCO: A colloquium in Brussels on enforced disappearance and impunity

The truth, the whole truth about the fate of the disappeared On the occasion of National Day of the Disappeared, the families of the disappeared and victims of enforced disappearance in Morocco wish to recall the alarming situation of the fate of the disappeared: the disappeared are still disappeared and the remains of the presumed deceased remain inaccessible to... Continue reading MOROCCO: National Day of the Disappeared.

National Day Against Enforced Disappearance in Morocco During the leaden years, the commemoration of October 29 took on a fighting character. Activists denounced the heinous crime of Mehdi Ben Barka's abduction. At the same time, they condemned a regime that had turned terror into a mode of government. Today the... Continue reading Press release: Association of relatives and friends of the disappeared in Morocco

In the name of the November 1, 1954 promise of freedom, we demand Truth and Justice On November 1, 1954, the Algerian people embarked on the war of liberation to assert their right to self-determination. Eager for freedom after decades of colonization, the Algerian people rose up in the name of freedom... Continue reading ALGERIA: Press release from SOS Disparus, 60th anniversary of the revolution

On arrival at Marrakech airport on November 26, the FEMED delegation had some of its advocacy documents confiscated at customs. A practice that violates freedom of expression and is strongly condemned by our three organizations. At issue? An official card from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the state of... Continue reading Morocco: FEMED's advocacy documents confiscated at customs on the eve of the World Forum on Human Rights, and activists prevented from participating.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam, since the end of military operations in Lebanon in 1990, the families of the victims of enforced disappearances in Lebanon have been waiting for the State to do them justice. Mothers have been waiting for their loved ones, their children, for almost 10 years at the tent of the families of Lebanese detainees... Continue reading LEBANON: Open letter to Prime Minister Tammam Salam.

On this December 23, 2014, we celebrate the fourth anniversary of the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (the Convention), following its ratification by Iraq. Four years after the Convention's entry into force, this document, whose content emanates directly from the suffering... Continue reading ICAED: 4th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Enforced Disappearances Convention.

Faced with "invisible" victims, we have an imperative duty to remember and mobilize. The year 2013 reminds us that the practice of enforced disappearance is not the prerogative of the past. Authoritarian regimes or democracies, no one is exemplary in the fight against this major violation of human rights, which spares no continent. From Syria to... Continue reading International Missing Persons Day

At a time when Algeria is submitting its candidacy to become a member of the UN Human Rights Council, Algerians are being repressed and their rights trampled underfoot. On Thursday, September 12, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during the 24th Session of the Council, the CFDA presented its report entitled: Le régime algérien à l'épreuve... Continue reading ALGERIA: Side event of September 12, 2013

The Family and Friends of Houcine EL MANOUZI, commemorate today the 41st anniversary of his abduction from the Tunisian capital on October 29, 1972. At the time, he was in his early thirties (29), working as an aircraft mechanic. As a young child, Houcine had rubbed shoulders with the resistance movement... Continue reading MOROCCO: Communiqué from the parents of detainee-disappeared Houcine El Manouzi