BANGLADESH: We demand justice! Stop enforced disappearances and return the disappeared to their families!

Statement of Odhikar to commemorate the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

Dhaka, August 30, 2016 – Enforced disappearance is both a violation of human rights and a crime against humanity. When a state is accused for committing enforced disappearance, it opens new challenges for human rights defenders. Recognizing these challenges and the fact that existing Treaties were not enough to fight this gross violation, the UN decided a new international treaty was needed to prevent the crime of enforced disappearance. The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 20, 2006 and the treaty entered into force on December 23, 2010.  

From Grief to Courage (Bahasa Version)

Best Practices in Advocating Legislation Against Enforced Disappearances

An Inter-Regional Conference
Orchid Garden Suites,
620 Pablo Oca mpo St.,
Malate, Metro Manila, Philippi nes
17-20 September 2014

An Act of Impunity: The Appointment of Gen. Wiranto as Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Affairs

Manila, 29 July 2016 - On 27 July 2016, Gen. Wiranto was appointed by President Joko Widodo as Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Affairs. AFAD expresses its deepest concerns towards this decision, as Gen. Wiranto is notorious of having been implicated in the commission of gross human rights violations in Indonesia as well as in Timor-Leste.

AFAD’s Statement for the 11th year of Masood’s Enforced Disappearance in Pakistan

30 July 2016 – Today, July 30, 2016, is the eleventh year since the disappearance of Masood Ahmed Janjua, which occurred on July 30, 2005 during the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf. A respectable citizen of Pakistan, before his disappearance, Masood Ahmed Janjua was an educator and a businessman by profession. Mr Janjua was more than a businessman; he was also a philanthropist and he managed a charity hospital for the poor.