Truth and Justice on Hold:
The New State Commission on “Disappearances”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Summary
   
   
2. The President Announces a New Commission on “Disappearances”
   
   
3. “Disappearances” in Algeria
• Persons Abducted by Armed Groups and Still Missing
• Prelude to the New “Mechanism”
• Two Recent “Disappearances”
• Harassment of Relatives of the “Disappeared”
• Families Pressured to Drop Accusations against the Security Forces
  
  
4. Mass Graves
   
   
5. Obstacles Placed before the U.N. Working Group and Nongovernmental Organizations
   
   
6. Recommendations
   
   
Appendix: Presidential Decree Creating New Mechanism on “Disappearances” (4.2 Mb PDF)

December 2003      Vol. 15, No. 11(E)