AFAD Seeks Truth and Justice for Masood Janjua and his Family on the 16th Year of his Disappearance

30^th July, 2021

Manila: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) remembers Masood Ahmed Janjua, a businessman from Pakistan whose disappearance became the first documented case of enforced disappearance in Pakistan. His case later sparked a  movement against enforced disappearances in the country.

A Joint Statement by Odhikar and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

BANGLADESH: Investigate deadly factory fire, compensate victims

Dhaka/Paris; 13 July 2021: Bangladeshi authorities should conduct a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation into a deadly fire, make the findings of the investigation public, and prosecute all those responsible, Odhikar and FIDH urged today.

Joint Statement by Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, Defence of Human Rights, International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances ICAED, FORUM-ASIA, FIDH, CAGE and World Sindhi Congress regarding the approval of the Criminal Law (Am

Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, Defence of Human Rights Pakistan, International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), FIDH, CAGE and World Sindhi Congress welcome the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2021 proposed by Human Rights Minister Madam Shireen Mazari in Pakistan to criminalize the Act of enforced disappearance in the country.

AFAD CONDEMNS TORTURE, SUPPORTS VICTIMS

STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE
26th June, 2021

Manila: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) condemns the use of torture and inhuman treatment of individuals. AFAD stands in solidarity with those who have faced this egregious violation of human rights and commits to join their fight for justice.

Torture is used regularly against persons in prisons and under detention across Asia. The methods range from psychological to inflicting severe physical pain. The victims are invariably stripped naked, beaten with foot, fists and heavy objects, given electric shocks especially through genitals, hanging persons in various positions, burning with cigarettes, immersing body in salt water, and sexual violence against both men and women. Individuals may be threatened with harm to family or leaking of very personal information in public.