Families of people missing in countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen have collectively waited for more than one million years to see their loved ones, Amnesty International reported today. Marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappeared, the rights group said in Iraq between 250,000 and one million people have been abducted since the Baath era which began in 1968 and continued until the 2003 US invasion and the latest government crackdown on protesters in 2019. In April 2022, families of missing people launched the #DeadorAliveWeWantThem campaign to finally get answers, however none have been given. More than 100,000 people have been disappeared in Syria, Amnesty said. While enforced disappearances predated the 2011 revolution and subsequent civil war, they have only increased […] Source
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