BANGLADESH: Violence against women on the rise amid COVID-19 and rampant impunity

A Joint Statement by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, Asian Human Rights Commission, International Federation for Human Rights and Odhikar on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2020

Dhaka/Manila/Hong Kong/Paris, 24 November 2020: November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, numerous reports have emerged that all types of violence against women (VAW), especially domestic violence, have intensified worldwide. 1 UN termed the upsurge in VAW the “shadow pandemic “and emphasized the need for a global collective effort to stop it.

AFAD remembers Jaswant Singh Khalra on his 25th anniversary of his disappearance and stands in solidarity with the disappeared in Punjab, India

Manila: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) remembers human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra on the day of his abduction and disappearance and stands in solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial executions in the state of Punjab in north India.

STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES (IDD), 30 AUGUST 2020

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) observes the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (IDD) standing in solidarity with the families of the disappeared who are among the hardest hit by the global health crisis.

Years after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on Enforced Disappearance and the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED), the egregious practice that violates practically all human rights persists globally.milies of the disappeared who are among the hardest hit by the global health crisis.

Bangladesh: End Enforced Disappearances Hold Law Enforcement Accountable

*Joint Statement by 12 human rights groups ahead of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, 2020

(Dhaka, August 28, 2020) – Bangladesh security forces and law-enforcement agencies continuously commit enforced disappearances with impunity, targeting journalists, activists, and government critics, 12 human rights groups said today ahead of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The groups remember the victims of enforced disappearances and stand in solidarity with the families of people who have been forcibly disappeared in Bangladesh and across the world.