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) joins the global human rights community in commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The theme for the year-long initiative, "Freedom, Equality and Justice for All," echoes the values enshrined in the UDHR and emphasizes the ongoing efforts to protect and expand human rights globally.

We, the undersigned organisations, call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defenders Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj, who are currently being detained in Rohini jail in India. Khurram has been in pre-trial detention for two years now, on politically motivated charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), an Indian counter-terror law that violates international human rights standards.

Irfan has been in pre-trial detention since March 2023, similarly on politically motivated charges. Indian authorities’ persecution of Khurram and Irfan is an emblematic part of their ongoing, systematic criminalization of civil society, and the defense of human rights, in Indian-administered Kashmir.

The Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) is now live on Facebook. Please join us here:

https://www.facebook.com/FIND.NATL/videos/7122099434500752/?mibextid=zDhOQc

A Solidarity Message by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)

for the Families of the Disappeared (FOD) in Sri Lanka

 

A Solidarity Message by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) 

for the Families of the Disappeared (FOD) in Sri Lanka

 

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