STOP HARASSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN KASHMIR!

Manila, 15 September 2016 - AFAD strongly condemns the measures taken by India against AFAD’s Chairperson, Mr. Khurram Parvez.
 
Mr. Parvez is a Kashmiri human rights defender, who is also the Program Coordinator of Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS). Yesterday, on September 14, 2016, he was prevented from leaving the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi, and travel to Geneva, Switzerland, where he was going to attend the 33 Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

AFAD STATEMENT ON THE DECISION OF THE KUMAR LAMA CASE

Manila, September 13, 2016 – AFAD expresses its deepest regret over the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) of the UK not to initiate re-trial of Colonel Kumar Lama, Nepali Army officer, from the charge of torture.

Colonel Kumar Lama had been arrested more than three years ago and charged for two counts of torture that took place in Nepal in 2004. The UK had exercised its universal jurisdiction to prosecute individuals who have committed torture and other gross human rights violations. Mr. Janak Bahadur Raut and Mr. Karim Hussain had been the subject of torture in Gorusinghe Barrack and suffered torture in 2004.

The State of Enforced Disappearances in the Philippines

The State of Enforced Disappearances in the Philippines
September 21, 2016 • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Palais des Nations • Room XXI

DISAPPEARED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN AFAD Commemorates the International Day of the Disappeared 2016

Manila, 30 August 2016 – On this day, the International Day of the Disappeared (IDD), the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) pays tribute to the thousands of disappeared people in Asia and all over the world, and to their families.

This day was first commemorated 36 years ago by the Latin American Federation of Associations of Relatives of Disappeared-Detainees (FEDEFAM) and was later adopted by similar formations in other parts of the world. Recognizing that the crime of enforced disappearance has reached a global scale, the United Nations officially declared this day as the International Day of the Disappeared in 2011.