AFAD-FIND JOINT STATEMENT ON CALVARY OF INJUSTICE AMID CORONAVIRUS

MANILA, PHLIPPPINES. Lent is the season when Filipinos remember Christ’s passion (his suffering and death) and resurrection.

This year, the threat of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (CoViD-19) adds to the thorny crown of suffering, the wanton flagellation of impunity, and the heavy cross of losing a loved one and the ensuing search for truth and justice for these families. The CoViD situation in the country quickly went from bad to worse that before midnight on 15 March 2020, President Duterte announced the implementation of a month-long community quarantine or, in his words, a lockdown.

December 2019 Issue: The Voice

Struggles of Women in the Face of Enforced Disappearance

AFAD Celebrates the 2020 International Women’s Day

Manila: It can be argued that enforced disappearance (ED) might very well take on a woman’s face. This year the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) celebrates the International Women’s Day by remembering the collective and individual struggles of women family members of ED victims. These women who bear the burden of having a loved one disappeared are the icons of brave resistance and struggle for survival in the face of overwhelming psychological, social, cultural, and economic challenges.

AFAD Condemns Indian Government Inaction in the Face of Anti-Muslim Violence

MANILA, Philippines – The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) strongly condemns the Indian government’s ineffective handling of and (lack of) response to anti-Muslim violence in the wake of the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The situation was made worse by Kapil Mishra’s, a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), order to the police to clear the protest site ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit. A video released on Twitter showed this same official giving an ultimatum to the police. Soon after, CAA supporters, flanked by police officers, approached the protest site chanting “Jai Shree Ram!” (“Hail Lord Ram!”), a slogan associated with right-wing Hindus, followed by stones being thrown towards the protesters.