AFAD expresses concern over delisting of cases in UNWGEID

The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) expresses serious concerns over the proposal of the government of the Philippines to delist 625 cases from 1975 to 2012 of enforced or involuntary disappearances from the records of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID).

HRW, Bangladesh: Violent Campaign Targets Opposition

Protect Candidates to Ensure a Credible Election

“To ensure that the elections meet international standards, the police and election commission should not appear to be acting like extensions of the ruling party,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The violence during the campaign that has mainly targeted the opposition bears out their misgivings about unfair treatment.”

HRW, “Creating Panic” Bangladesh Election Crackdown on Political Opponents and Critics

“They are arresting people from their house, from processions, without any authorization. Nowadays we are not able to stay in our house at night. A friend in the police told my wife I shouldn’t stay at home, although I was already acting on this basis. I usually leave home at 10 p.m. I come back early in the morning. This is how we are running our life.”

AFAD Seeks the Truth about Sombath Somphone

4th December 2018

Manila: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) expresses concern over the enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone and the continued denial of the Lao government in bringing forth the truth about him.

Sombath Somphone was a community development worker from Laos who was disappeared on 15th of December 2012 in Vientiane. Since then, the family of Sombath has been running a campaign called ‘Return Sombath Campaign’ to know the truth about what happened to him and seek justice from the Lao government.