Press statement: Stop using Electric Tasers on Protesters- Respect Human Rights and Rule of Law

Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) expresses its serious concern on the use of electric tasers on peaceful protesters, protesting against the annexation of Lipulekh, a territory of Nepal by India, in Kathmandu Nepal. In light of series of human rights violations committed by Nepal Police during the lockdown, the most recent act of using electric shocks to take people in control and disperse the mob is a serious breach of human rights and a condemnable act. AF strongly condemns the use of electric tasers on the peaceful protesters in Jadibuti and Maitighar, Kathmandu Nepal.

AFAD-FIND JOINT STATEMENT ON CALVARY OF INJUSTICE AMID CORONAVIRUS

MANILA, PHLIPPPINES. Lent is the season when Filipinos remember Christ’s passion (his suffering and death) and resurrection.

This year, the threat of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (CoViD-19) adds to the thorny crown of suffering, the wanton flagellation of impunity, and the heavy cross of losing a loved one and the ensuing search for truth and justice for these families. The CoViD situation in the country quickly went from bad to worse that before midnight on 15 March 2020, President Duterte announced the implementation of a month-long community quarantine or, in his words, a lockdown.

December 2019 Issue: The Voice

In the struggle against enforced disappearances women throughout the world have pioneered the cause. Whether it is the mothers of the disappeared in Latin America, or the wives of the disappeared in Asia, or the
sisters and daughters of the victims of enforced disappearances globally, the world has witnessed the immensely courageous fight by the women family members of the disappeared.

AFAD Celebrates the 2020 International Women’s Day

Manila: It can be argued that enforced disappearance (ED) might very well take on a woman’s face. This year the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) celebrates the International Women’s Day by remembering the collective and individual struggles of women family members of ED victims. These women who bear the burden of having a loved one disappeared are the icons of brave resistance and struggle for survival in the face of overwhelming psychological, social, cultural, and economic challenges.