AFAD CONDEMNS THE ASSASSINATION OF FR. MARCELINO PAEZ, DEMANDS TO BRING THE PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE!

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), a regional human rights federation based in the Philippines, strongly condemns the brutal assassination of Fr. Marcelino Paez of the Catholic Diocese of San Jose in Nueva Ecija. Reports say that Fr. Paez was gunned down by unidentified men in Jaen, Nueva Ecija on Monday evening, 4 December 2017.

AFAD 2018 Desk Calendar is now available

The AFAD 2018 Desk Calendar is now available at the AFAD office, Rooms 310-311 Phil. Social Science Center building, Commonwealth Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel. No. 4546759.

ODHIKAR: Human Rights Monitoring Report

November 1 – 30, 2017

Odhikar believes that democracy is not merely a process of electing a ruler; it is the result of the peoples’ struggle for inalienable rights, which become the fundamental premise to constitute the State. Therefore, the individual freedoms and democratic aspirations of the citizens – and consequently, peoples’ collective rights and responsibilities - must be the foundational principles of the State.

Odhikar: Statement in Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25th November 2017

Violence against women is endemic in Bangladesh. Women and girls are subjected to domestic violence, rape, dowry and its related violence, acid violence, stalking and sexual harassment, etc. As per a 2015 survey of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, more than 80% of married women in the country are abused at least once in their married life, be it
physically, sexually, financially or emotionally.