AFAD Commemorates the International Week of the Disappeared, 2018

May 27-31, 2018 - The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances commemorates the International Week of the Disappeared and expresses solidarity with the families whose loved ones have been forcibly disappeared.

His Excellency Mr. Zei’d Al-Ra’ad Al Hussein

25th May 2018

His Excellency Mr. Zei’d Al-Ra’ad Al Hussein
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais des Wilson
52 Rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva
SWITZERLAND

His Excellency the High Commissioner for Human Rights,

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) is a federation of human rights organizations working directly on the issue of involuntary disappearances in Asia. Envisioning a world without desaparecidos, the Federation was founded on June 4, 1998 in Manila, Philippines.

AFAD Remembers the Victims of Thai Black Day on the 26th Anniversary

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) remembers those who became victims of state violence between 17th to 20th May 1992 in Bangkok, Thailand and urges the Thai government to improve the situation of human rights in general and to resolve and put to a stop cases of enforced disappearances in particular.

AFAD Remembers and Pays a Tribute to Aasia Jeelani on her 14th Martyrdom Anniversary

Today, the Asian Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (AFAD) pays a tribute to the life and work of Aasia Jeelani who was a foot soldier of human rights in conflict ridden Indian Administered Kashmir.

Today, the Asian Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (AFAD) pays a tribute to the life and work of Aasia Jeelani who was a foot soldier of human rights in conflict ridden Indian Administered Kashmir.Born on 9th of February, 1974 Aasia laid down her life in the pursuit of truth and justice for the people of Kashmir. She was martyred on the 20th April 2004 while on assignment in the remote district of Kupwara in Indian Administered Kashmir when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated that blew the car carrying her and her colleagues and killed her.