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 …
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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 …
Azerbaijan: A garden of memories
For Nanagiz, the pain of her husband's disappearance has been hard to bear. She has gone through many dark periods. But gradually, through meeting up with other people in the same position, she has …
Armenia: Coping with a son’s disappearance
Mariam Poghosyan's son disappeared in December 1993. She was never to see him again and in her grief she refused even to leave the house. But gradually, through contact with others who are going …
Lebanon: Time is running out
30-08-2015 Beirut (ICRC) – Today the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held events across Lebanon to mark the International Day of the Disappeared. In Tripoli, Baalbek and Tyre, …
Republic of Korea: Fostering international humanitarian law experts in East Asia
13 Southeast and Northeast Asian countries gathered in Seoul, Republic of Korea, for the 'Tenth Southeast and Northeast Asia Session on International Humanitarian Law (IHL)', an intensive training …
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