J. Abduction of children

One example would be, people fear kidnapping by strangers when the data supports kidnapping by relatives is much more common.

Abduction of children Report (Doc.

I wonder how rampant baby snatching is out of hospitals.

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Murder, mutilation, abduction and rape simply continued as before.

Kidnapping by females and infanticide by males also occur occasionally.

The risk of kidnappings or even of manipulation and intimidation is also very real.

The recent abductions and murder of human rights workers in Aceh are a cause of great concern.

However, it is quite clear that the paramilitaries are responsible for the majority of the political violence.

The victims have described savage beatings, rapes, abductions, death threats and, on occasions, murders.

We urge them to eschew kidnappings in future and to respect international humanitarian law.

The proposed regulation would lay down a more permanent trading arrangement for these products. One of the major changes proposed by

Most of the cases of child abduction are actually handled very efficiently and appropriately by the central authorities in all Member States.

B3 1256 93 by Mr Bertens and Mr Gawronski, on behalf of the Liberal, Democratic and Reformist Group, on kidnappings by the PKK

After trial, in which you did not produce one witness in your behalf... ... you've been found guilty of outlawry, theft, murder, abduction... ... falsepretenses, contempt of the Crown...

Let us clearly state the principles that are guiding us we consider the use of kidnapping to express political opinions in any part of the world and for whatever reason to be unacceptable.

As I said earlier, however, the Council is well aware that many abductions have taken place and it has, in common with Parliament, regretted the fact time and time again.

I share the Council' s view that FARC EP can justifiably be criticised, especially for murders and kidnappings of Indian leaders.

It is this money which is channelled into our companies' financial systems and used to finance other crimes arms trafficking, murder, prostitution, kidnappings and so on.

In these islands, which are characterised by tropical luxuriance and unspeakable poverty, the machine gunning of villages, kidnappings, ransom demands and torture are common currency.

Mr President, the Indonesian Government must formally put on record its opposition to human rights violations such as unlawful killings, including extra judicial executions, disappearances and torture.

In the mid to late '80s, the novelist Whitley Strieber wrote a book called Communion, in which he described his own lifelong experiences being abducted by aliens.

We are also asking Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee to draw up a report, with a view to eliminating what is an abuse and a serious attack on the private lives and rights of employees, and also of Members of Parliament.

To Mrs Vayssade and Mrs Fontaine I would say that under the third pillar of Maastricht, the Commission will have the right of co initiative.

Mr President, for over six years I have had the honour of being the special mediator for the European Parliament for transnationally abducted children.

My belief is that the existence of good law, applicable in all Member States, has had a significant effect in reducing the number of abductions of children.

We have a big task ahead of us, but I would like to take this opportunity to remind all the signatories of the Hague convention that they signed up not just to protect their own nationals who may become victims of child abduction, but also to use the convention to assist those who are victims of child abduction by their own nationals.

Unlawful detentions, kidnappings, disappearances, systematic torture, rape, and inhuman prison conditions have all been documented since the 1980 s by human rights organizations and a few Egyptian courts.

Amidst this general insecurity, the threat of kidnapping and murder has spiked particularly for citizens who voice independent ideas and criticize powerful groups and individuals.

The resolution also stresses that previous persecution of the Albanians cannot constitute a pretext for killings, abductions, detentions, intimidation, arson, looting, destruction of property and the taking over of houses etc.

For the Kenyan authorities, it was the final straw after a series of abductions of Westerners by al Shabaab to stop the incursions, they launched what military leaders believed would be a quick campaign.

Secondly, on trans nationally abducted children the Commission shares the concerns expressed by the honourable Members in the case of international child abductions, often by one of the child's parents.

Is the Council aware that it has all the signs of an abduction by Russian military and paramilitary forces and, consequently, there is every reason to fear for Mr Khanbiev's safety?

Tupamaros guerrillas An urban guerrilla movement known as the Tupamaros formed in the early 1960s, first robbing banks and distributing food and money in poor neighborhoods, then undertaking political kidnappings and attacks on security forces.

The Council has not received any information about this abduction, but I am able to tell you that the Council is still very concerned about the situation in Chechnya and that it can only condemn the many abductions that exacerbate the already very difficult humanitarian situation in the region.

(Applause from the right) the Guildford Four and the Maguires are innocent, that is fine, let us have a retrial.

Laws must gradually be made uniform in limited areas and for clearly defined forms of international police action, for example in connection with car theft, hostage taking, environmental crimes, tax and subsidy fraud or illegal capital transactions.

The motion does not discuss the basis of the issue, simply whether it is legitimate for a so called revolutionary organisation to kidnap innocent people from other countries and to use these kidnappings to put pressure on the political powers of other States in order to achieve some form of recognition.

In order to ensure that effective supervision within the Community does not merely lead to the flight of capital to places such as Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and the Netherlands Antilles, effective measures must be introduced in parallel to control tax evasion transactions out of the Community, and the traditional tax havens must be threatened with economic sanctions if they will not accept the same procedures for exchanging information as exist between EC Member States.

Because of lawsuits which have been presented to sue national policemen and military for the torture and murder of street children in Guatemala, staff of 'Casa Alianza', a refuge for more than 500 abandoned street children, have been the target of reprisals which have included armed attacks, kidnappings and death threats.

BRUSSELS The recent abductions of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Paul Yazigi, reflect not only the increasing brutality of Syria s civil war, but also the escalating crisis for Christians across the Arab world one that could end up driving them away altogether.

The industries must also apply scientific technology and every new scientific method to destroy biological infectious factors from their products, and must adapt their production process to every new method that will ensure greater reliability of protection for their products and those who receive them.

I will mention but a few, listed in the last e mail I received from Amnesty International 50 civilians were killed last month by paramilitaries 400 civilian massacres took place during 1999 3 500 victims of police crimes 1 000 abductions 250 000 Colombian civilians have been thrown out of their homes for political reasons.

So I welcome the initiative which the Council has taken through the Italian ambassador. I would like to ask the Council and the Commission to take action similar to that taken by the Netherlands, and I thus support the proposal by Mrs Van Dijk which is also contained in our motion.