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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What's Happening

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) promotes the unprecedented report on the use of torture in Indian administered Kashmir by the Indian armed forces released by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) and Jammu & Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) on 20th of May 2019. The report titled, ‘Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir’ is a very important piece of work.  

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) urges the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Thailand to withdraw its baseless inquiry ordered against Commissioner Angkhana Neelapaijit.  Angkhana is a prominent human rights defender who has spoken boldly about human rights issues in Thailand and worked towards protection of human rights in the country.

Manila: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) remembers Jonas Burgos who was forcibly disappeared on the 28th of April 2007 while he was having his lunch at the Hapag Kainan restaurant in Ever Gotesco Mall, Quezon City. The perpetrators are personnel of the Armed Forces of Philippines (AFP).

Manila: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) expresses grief over and strongly condemns the bombing of various churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, 21st April 2019, that led to the killing of at least 290 people and injury of over 400 others.

Out of the 8 blasts that shook Sri Lankan capital Colombo, 3 have been reported from churches, 3 from hotels and 2 from the outskirts of Colombo. The government of Sri Lanka is yet to identify the perpetrators of this gruesome attack although some arrests have been made.

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