AFAD 25 Years Video Teaser

This AFAD video teaser is an opening salvo of the yearlong campaign and fight Against Enforced Disappearances and for the Protection, not Persecution, of Human Rights Defenders, across Asia.

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Sowing Disrespect,HinderingJustice: AFAD Condemns India for Prohibiting APDP to Pay its Respects to Atta Mohammed Khan

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) expresses its utmost concern for the safety of human rights defenders and the situation of human rights in Indian-­‐occupied Kashmir. On the 4th of February 2018, a team led by Advocate Parvez Imroz along with activists, family members of the disappeared, and lawyers were detained at Boniyar Police Station in Baramulla, district of North Kashmir.

 

Criminalization of politics and violence
Mass arrest of opposition party activists, suppression and
hindrance to freedom of assembly
Dhaka North and South City Corporation polls stayed
Extrajudicial killings
Death in jail
Torture, inhuman treatment and lack of accountability
Enforced disappearances
Public lynching
‘Extremism’ and human rights
Independence of the Judiciary
Interference on freedom of expression and the media
Cabinet approves the draft Digital Security Act 2018
Workers’ rights
Violence against Women
Aggressive policy of Indian government towards Bangladesh
Genocide against Rohingya people in Myanmar
Activities of Odhikar hindered

BRIEF INFORMATION AND PRESENT STATUS OF VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE
A report based on the interviews of Families of Enforced

Disappearance in Bangladesh
Released on 30 January 2018

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Testimonials of Rohingya Victims

Compiled by Odhikar
January– November 2017

Overview:

The name given to the Muslim minority community that resides in the western region of Myanmar's Rakhine (formally called Arakan) state is ‘Rohingya’. They have long been victims of human rights violations in the hands of the Burmese government and this has escalated to such extent that it is now seen as genocide against them. Their fundamental human rights have been denied completely to the extent of evicting them through a brutal process from their ancestral land where they have more than thousand year’s of history and tradition. However, the Myanmar government has continuously denied their citizenship. Such criminal activities of Myanmar government became even more dangerous when General Ne Win assumed power in 1962. Since then, the discrimination began to increase gradually against the Rohingya community. After 1970, recruiting members of the soldiers from Rohingya Muslims have closed. Prior to that, Rohingyas who were in the government service became the victims of widespread discrimination.1 The final st was taken by the Military junta in Myanmar to take away the citizenship of Rohingya people through passing the Citizenship Act on 15 October 1982. In that Act, there were three types of citizenship2 for Myanmar people but Rohingyas were not recognized as citizens. As a result, Rohingyas became refugee in their own land where they live for thousand years and faced severe restrictions to their movement. We continue to observe with concern how the Rohingya population has been facing genocide.

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