AFAD 25 Years Video Teaser

This AFAD video teaser is an opening salvo of the yearlong campaign and fight Against Enforced Disappearances and for the Protection, not Persecution, of Human Rights Defenders, across Asia.

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PRESS STATEMENT
June 5, 2020
Do Not Sideline the Transitional Justice Process under the Excuse of Covid-19
Proceed with the Act Amendment Process in a Credible Manner

15 years ago, on 6 June 2005, the then Maoists rebels had bombed a public bus in Badarmude of Chitwan district leaving 35 civilians and 3 security personnel dead and more than 70 civilians injured. Accountability Watch Committee (AWC) also recalls the brutal killing of 17-year-old Krishna Prasad Adhikary by the then Maoists rebels on 7 June 2004 at Bakulahar Chowk in Chitwan. The AWC strongly urges the Government of Nepal to address the demands of truth, justice and reparations being raised by conflict victims for years and to put an end to the deep-rooted culture of impunity, ensuring non-repetition of such crimes in the future.

Press statement For immediate release 5 June 2020 Kathmandu, Nepal

Victims of Badarmude, Madi, Chitwan are still waiting for truth, justice and reparation. 15 years ago, (23 Jestha 2062) Maoist cadres blew up the bus carrying civilians, resulting in the death of 35 civilians and 3 off duty security personnel. It injured more than 70 people, many of them are still suffering from severe physical and psychological trauma. Victims have been waiting for truth, justice and reparation for last 15 years.

Rawalpindi; ​Defence of Human Rights on the occasion of International week of Disappeared has organized a number of online activities starting from 25th May 2020. The very last week of May, families of the disappeared and human rights activists around the world join handsin the activities to commemorate International Week of the Disappeared. This week is observed to show solidarity with the victim families of enforced disappearances. Most of the families have been struggling to find the truth and justice for decades now.This week shall be a reminder for all those families that they do not stand alone in this struggle to find their disappeared loved-ones.

Philippines (24th to 30th May, 2020): The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) commemorates the International Week of the Disappeared, 2020 and stands in solidarity with the families of the disappeared across continents. Most of these families have been struggling for decades to know the truth about the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones.

Amid the extraordinarily difficult circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, enforced disappearances along with torture, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detention, and other gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms persist.

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