Epstein commission makes first subpoenas in New Mexico A New Mexico legislative panel says it's issuing more than a dozen subpoenas as a part of its probe into Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch. AAP · Jun 2
South Korean minister vows to expand legal remedies for adoptees and other rights victims South Korean Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho vowed to expand access to judicial remedies for victims of state-led abuses, including foreign adoptees whose adoptions were marred by widespread fraud under previous military governments The Independent UK · Apr 10
South Korea vows to end foreign adoptions as UN presses Seoul to address past abuses South Korea’s government says it plans to end the waning foreign adoptions of Korean children The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025
Takeaways from AP's reporting on the thousands disappeared in Colombia, Peru and Paraguay Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decades-long conflicts The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025
Paraguay's disappeared: A dictator's shadow is a roadblock for justice, but a few keep up the fight Paraguayans’ mission to search for loved ones feels less visible and more challenging than others in Latin America The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025
Colombia's disappeared: As a coalition, former enemies now search for loved ones and dream of peace Five decades of war among leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug lords and the government in Colombia have left 450,000 people killed and more than 124,000 disappeared The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025
Peru's disappeared: Dozens look for relatives lost to violence. A woman who knows their sorrow helps The most violent period in Peru’s history still brings sorrow among the thousands who lost loved ones between 1980 and 2000 The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025
Search for lost brother reveals dark secret of Mexico’s ‘death flights’ As many as 1,500 people may have been thrown out of planes over the ocean in crackdown on rebel groups, including members of Abdallan Guzmán’s family The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2024
Fugitive ex-official implicates Mexican ex-president, others in tale spun of student disappearances A former head of investigations for Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office told officials investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students that the so-called “historic truth” presented to the public weeks later was cooked up by the highest ranking officials in the Mexican government The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2024
Mexico's truth commission reveals new evidence of ‘death flights’ during 1965-1990 'dirty war' More evidence has emerged that Mexican authorities disposed of the bodies of dissidents in “death flights” during the country's 1965-1990 “dirty war.” The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2024
Sierra Leone has been at peace for 20 years after a brutal civil war - what went right Sierra Leone’s June 2023 parliamentary elections are the fifth since the end of the civil war in 2002. The Conversation · Jun 22, 2023