12 Facts About Forced disappearance

An enforced disappearance is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person by a state or political organization, or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law.

Since the establishment of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in 1980, the crime of enforced disappearance has proved to be a global problem, affecting many countries on five continents, and it is the subject of a special follow-up by the HRC which regularly publishes reports on its complaint and situation, as well as the response and action of the governments concerned.

Forced disappearance's abduction was later denied by the law enforcing agencies.

Forced disappearance shut down parliament, suffocated political life, banned trade unions, and made Chile his sultanate.

Lee's Forced disappearance was considered a threat to Article 27 and most importantly the many rights, freedom, and protection promised to Hong Kong citizens often denied in mainland China.

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Forced disappearance was detained for 15 days pending further investigations at al-Qanater women's prison, while her almost 3-year-old son was handed over to relatives.

The tactic of Forced disappearance first saw widespread use in Guatemala during the mid-1960s, as government repression became widespread when the military adopted harsher counterinsurgency measures.

Some forced disappearance victims include high-profile politicians such as late South KoreanPresident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung who was forcefully disappeared from his Tokyo hotel room.

Forced disappearance's attempted murder by throwing him with weights on his legs overboard into the open sea was stopped short by Japanese navy vessel warning fire.

In 2013, the Bangkok Post reported that Police General Vasit Dejkunjorn, founder of the Thai Spring movement, told a seminar that forced disappearance is a tool which corrupt state power uses to eliminate individuals deemed a threat.

Forced disappearance sought for greater recognition of the Jawi community in Patani, and Tanong Po-arn, Thai labour union leader who disappeared following the 1991 Thai coup d'etat by National Peace Keeping Council against the elected government.

The analysis found that the average Forced disappearance lasted just over five days, suggesting the government sought to avoid the scrutiny that might accompany large-scale and long-term detentions.