Lebanon: Missing persons and their families
During the 1975–1990 conflict, thousands of people went missing across Lebanon. The majority of them were young males in their twenties of various nationalities (Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian and …
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Cambodia: The gift of mobility
A child waits for treatment. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Sam Spicer Battambang Regional Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Cambodia. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Sam Spicer A staff member works on the finishing …
A life on hold: Addressing the needs of families of the missing
Disappearances are a reality. They happen for different reasons: during war, when people migrate, due to natural or man-made disasters. For the families of the disappeared, the anguish of uncertainty …
Breaking the silence: Bougainville's missing persons
Over two decades have passed since the Bougainville Conflict broke out and an unknown number of the estimated 20,000 victims of the violence remain missing and unaccounted for. This brief glimpse …
Yemen: Situation deteriorating in Taiz
28-08-2015 Geneva / Sana'a – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is seriously concerned about an increase in fighting in the city of Taiz. There has been indiscriminate shelling of …
Georgia: Help for families of missing persons
Lile Pilpanis brother went missing over 20 years ago. Devastated by the loss, Lile was left to support her mother and daughter single handed. Life is a little easier thanks to a small grant from the …
Families of the missing live with uncertainty about the fate of their loved ones
28-08-2015 Kampala (ICRC) – Families of thousands of missing persons in northern Uganda continue to live in the sorrowful ambiguity of the loss of their loved ones, unsure whether to wait for their …
Armenia: A fate not wished on anyone
Alla Hovhannisyan's father went missing when she was a young girl. Alla, now 31, is an opthamologist who participates in a support programme for relatives of missing people. She was inspired to …
Nagorny Karabakh: Longing grows with the passage of time
Alyesha Baghryan was 33 when his wife Stella went missing in August 1993 together with a group of five other people from their village in Nagorny Karabakh. Alyesha and Stella had three children who …
Armenia: Living with hope amidst the enduring pain of uncertainty
Mrs Tsaghik is mother to Arshak Soghoyan who went missing during his military service in Nagorny Karabakh in the mid 1990s. Since then, Mrs Tsaghik has never stopped searching for her son. After he …
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